Acleros nigrapex

Acleros nigrapex, the powdered dusky skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Powdered dusky skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Acleros
Species:
A. nigrapex
Binomial name
Acleros nigrapex
Strand, 1913[1]
Synonyms
  • Acleros pulverana Strand, 1913
  • Acleros minusculus Rebel, 1914

References
  1. Acleros at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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