''Gretna carmen'', commonly known as the violet crepuscular skipper, is a species of

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. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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Subspecies

*''Gretna carmen carmen'' (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania) *''Gretna carmen capra'' Evans, 1937 (coast of Kenya, Tanzania: coast to the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia)

References

Butterflies described in 1937 Hesperiinae {{Hesperiinae-stub