''Fresna'' is a genus of
skippers 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 ...
. They are commonly known as Acraea skippers.
Species
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Fresna carlo
''Fresna carlo'', or Evans' Acraea skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, wes ...
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Evans, 1937
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Fresna cojo
''Fresna cojo'', the large acraea skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Repu ...
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(Karsch, 1893)
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Fresna jacquelinae
''Fresna jacquelinae'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Etymology
The species is named for Jacqueline Miller of the Allyn Museum Allyn is both a unisex given name and a surname. Notable people with the name inc ...
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Collins & Larsen, 2003
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Fresna maesseni
''Fresna maesseni'', or Maessen's Acraea skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: Répub ...
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Miller, 1971
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Fresna netopha
''Fresna netopha'', the common Acraea skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republi ...
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(Hewitson, 1878)
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Fresna nyassae
''Fresna nyassae'', the variegated Acraea skipper or variegated Acraea hopper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Ghana and Kenya to South Africa.
The wingspan is 34–38 mm for males and 39–42 mm for females. ...
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(Hewitson, 1878)
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseSeitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 78
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Erionotini
Hesperiidae genera
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