Coeliades ernesti
Species of butterfly
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Coeliades ernesti is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This species originates from Madagascar[2] but was also introduced to Réunion and Mauritius (1980). Their habitat consists of forests, secondary forests and anthropogenic areas.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Coeliades |
| Species: | C. ernesti |
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| Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)[1] | |
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They have a wingspan of around 56 mm.
A known host plant of their larvae is a Malpighiaceae, Hiptage benghalensis.[3]
