''Loxolexis'' is an
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
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 ...
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Species
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Loxolexis dimidia
''Loxolexis dimidia'', the black scarce sprite, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (the Cross River Loop), Cameroon and Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: Républ ...
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(Holland, 1896)
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Loxolexis drucei
''Loxolexis drucei'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-ce ...
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(Larsen, 2002)
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Loxolexis hollandi
''Loxolexis hollandi'', or Holland's scarce sprite, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1909. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democr ...
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(Druce, 1909)
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Loxolexis holocausta
''Loxolexis holocausta'', the cinnamon scarce sprite, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-weste ...
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(Mabille, 1891)
Taxonomy
''Loxolexis'' was treated as a synonym of ''
Katreus
''Katreus'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, ''Katreus johnstonii'', the giant scarce sprite, which is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. ...
'' by Ackery et al. in 1995 but re-instated as a valid genus by Larsen in 2005.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae]
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References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Celaenorrhini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
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