Leona leonora, the white-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of forests.

Leona leonora
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Leona
Species:
L. leonora
Binomial name
Leona leonora
(Plötz, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia leonora Plötz, 1879
  • Proteides xanthagyra Mabille, 1891
  • Caenides leonora[1]

Subspecies edit

  • Leona leonora leonora (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)
  • Leona leonora dux Evans, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)

References edit

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