''Celaenorrhinus homeyeri'', commonly known as Homeyer's sprite, is a species of

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 Cameroon, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania and Zambia.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
/ref> The habitat consists of forests at altitudes ranging from 800 to 1,700 meters in Tanzania.

References

Butterflies described in 1880 homeyeri Butterflies of Africa {{Pyrginae-stub