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''Lepella'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, ''Lepella lepeletier'', commonly known as Lepeletier's sylph, which is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae
/ref> The habitat consists of submontane grassland. The larvae feed on Poaceae species.


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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Heteropterinae Monotypic butterfly genera Hesperiidae genera {{Hesperiidae-stub