Melphina malthina
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M. malthina
Binomial name
Melphina malthina
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia malthina Hewitson, 1876
  • Pamphila euryspila Mabille, 1891
  • Melphina melphis f. eala Evans, 1956

Melphina malthina, the white-patch forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary rainforests.

References

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


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