Andronymus Fontainei
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''Andronymus fontainei'' is a
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is found in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
and is possibly endemic to the Albertine Rift.; 2012: The genus ''Ampittia'' in Africa with the description of a new species (Hesperiinae; Aeromachini) and three new species in the genera ''Andronymus'' and ''Chondrolepis'' (Hesperiinae, incertae sedis) (Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae)


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Insects described in 2012 Erionotini {{Erionotini-stub