Leona lissa

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Leona lissa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Leona
Species:
L. lissa
Binomial name
Leona lissa
Evans, 1937
Synonyms
  • Caenides lissa[1]

Leona lissa, the Lissa recluse, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and possibly Nigeria.[2]

The larvae feed on Dracaena species.

Subspecies

  • Leona lissa lissa (possibly Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic)
  • Leona lissa lima Evans, 1937 (Uganda, western Kenya)

References

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

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