Lennia maracanda

Lennia maracanda
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lennia
Species:
L. maracanda
Binomial name
Lennia maracanda
(Hewitson, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia maracanda Hewitson, 1876
  • Caenides maracanda[1]
  • Leona maracanda (Hewitson, 1876)

Lennia maracanda, the scarce large recluse, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on a climbing rattan palm in the family Arecaceae.

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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