Gretna Bugoma
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Gretna bugoma'' 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 Uganda (from the western part of the country to the
Bugoma Forest The Bugoma Forest is a protected tropical forest that is situated southwest of Hoima and northeast of Kyenjojo towns, and east of Lake Albert, in the Hoima district of western Uganda. It was gazetted in the 1932 and came under the mandate of th ...
).Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
/ref>


References

Endemic fauna of Uganda Butterflies described in 1947 Hesperiinae {{Hesperiinae-stub