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Semalea atrio

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Semalea atrio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Semalea
Species:
S. atrio
Binomial name
Semalea atrio
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cobalus atrio Mabille, 1891

Semalea atrio, the small silky skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

References

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