Lissia luehderi

Lissia luehderi
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lissia
Species:
L. luehderi
Binomial name
Lissia luehderi
(Plötz, 1879)
Synonyms
List
  • Platingia luehderi Plötz, 1879
  • Caenides luehderi f. alenicola Strand, 1913
  • Caenides umbrina Rebel, 1914
  • Caenides luehderi[1]
  • Leona luehderi (Plötz, 1879)
  • Plastingia luehderi (Plötz, 1879)

Lissia luehderi, or Luehder's recluse, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Subspecies

  • Lissia luehderi luehderi (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda)
  • Lissia luehderi laura Evans, 1937 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

References

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


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