Katreus

Giant scarce sprite
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Celaenorrhini
Genus:	Katreus; Watson, 1893
Species:	K. johnstonii
Binomial name
	Katreus johnstonii; (Butler, 1888)
Synonyms
	Genus:; Choristoneura Mabille, 1890 (preocc.); Daratus Lindsey, 1925; Species:; Astictopterus johnstonii Butler, 1888; Choristoneura apicalis Mabille, 1890; Loxolexis percnoptera Karsch, 1895;

Katreus /ˈkeɪtriːəs/ is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Katreus johnstonii, the giant scarce sprite, which is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of primary, undisturbed forests.

Taxonomy

Some members of Katreus are now placed in the reinstated genus Loxolexis.

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