Species of butterfly
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M. malthina
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Melphina malthina
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- Hesperia malthina Hewitson, 1876
- Pamphila euryspila Mabille, 1891
- Melphina melphis f. eala Evans, 1956
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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.
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