''Moltena'' 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 ...
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It is named after the town of
Molteno, Eastern Cape
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Species
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Moltena fiara
''Moltena fiara'', the strelitzia night-fighter or banana-tree night-fighter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in coastal lowland and riverine forest from the East Cape along the KwaZulu-Natal coast to Maputaland and north ...
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(Butler, 1870)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Erionotini
Hesperiidae genera
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