Melphina maximiliani
| Melphina maximiliani | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Melphina |
| Species: | M. maximiliani |
| Binomial name | |
| Melphina maximiliani Belcastro & Larsen, 2005[1] | |
Melphina maximiliani, the Maximiliano's forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are on wing in July and August.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melphina maximiliani.
Wikispecies has information related to Melphina maximiliani.
- ^ Melphina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae