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Pteroteinon ceucaenira

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Pteroteinon ceucaenira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species:
P. ceucaenira
Binomial name
Pteroteinon ceucaenira
(Druce, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Caenides ceucaenira Druce, 1910

Pteroteinon ceucaenira, the pale white-banded red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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  1. ^ Pteroteinon at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae