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Pteroteinon laterculus

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Pteroteinon laterculus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species:
P. laterculus
Binomial name
Pteroteinon laterculus
(Holland, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Proteides laterculus Holland, 1890

Pteroteinon laterculus, the brown-winged red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Sierra Leone.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

References

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