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''Celaenorrhinus nigropunctata'' 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 Central Africa from Cameroon to Uganda.


Subspecies

*''Celaenorrhinus nigropunctata nigropunctata'' (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda) *''Celaenorrhinus nigropunctata netta'' Evans, 1937 (Cameroon)


References

Butterflies described in 1908 nigropunctata {{Hesperiidae-stub