Tsitana wallacei

Tsitana wallacei, or Wallace's sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), the Mwinilunga area of north-western Zambia and the Katavi National Park in western Tanzania.

Tsitana wallacei
Tsitana wallacei figure 15
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Tsitana
Species:
T. wallacei
Binomial name
Tsitana wallacei
(Neave, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides wallacei Neave, 1910

Adults are on wing from January to March.[2]

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