Melphina noctula

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Melphina noctula, the brown forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of undisturbed forests.

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Melphina noctula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species:
M. noctula
Binomial name
Melphina noctula
(Druce, 1909)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara noctula Druce, 1909
  • Parnara palocampta Druce, 1909
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