Paronymus xanthias
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Paronymus
Species:
P. xanthias
Binomial name
Paronymus xanthias
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Carystus xanthias Mabille, 1891

Paronymus xanthias, the yellow largest dart, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Paronymus xanthias xanthias (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Paronymus xanthius kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)

References

  1. Paronymus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-26.


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