Paronymus xanthias

Paronymus xanthias, the yellow largest dart, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Paronymus xanthias
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P. xanthias
Binomial name
Paronymus xanthias
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Carystus xanthias Mabille, 1891

Subspecies

  • Paronymus xanthias xanthias (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Paronymus xanthius kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
gollark: I'm available to catch.
gollark: _is excited for first ND experiment tomorrow_
gollark: _forgot to check ToD this hour_
gollark: Let it begin.
gollark: I WANT TO DO SOME OF THIS ND STUFF AS PRACTICE.

References

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


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