Sarangesa brigida

Sarangesa brigida
Sarangesa brigida figure 8
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. brigida
Binomial name
Sarangesa brigida
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Antigonus brigida Plötz, 1879
  • Antigonus brigidella Plötz, 1886
  • Sarangesa aurimargo Holland, 1896

Sarangesa brigida, commonly known as Brigid's elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges and clearings.

Subspecies

  • Sarangesa brigida brigida - Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon
  • Sarangesa brigida atra Evans, 1937 - eastern Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania
  • Sarangesa brigida sanaga Miller, 1964 - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, western Uganda, north-western Zambia

References

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  1. ^ Sarangesa Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, funet.fi
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-14.


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