Nervia protensa

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Nervia protensa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Nervia
Species:
N. protensa
Binomial name
Nervia protensa
(Butler, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Butler, 1901
  • Kedestes chacoides Kedestes paola protensa
  • Gaede, 1916 Kedestes protensa

Nervia protensa, the West African ranger, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Tanzania, Zambia (from the north-western part of the country to the Copperbelt) and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna and open montane areas.

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