Common Elf

Eretis melania, also known as the dusky elf, dusky skipper or common elf, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and northern Namibia. The habitat consists of woodland, Guinea savanna, forest margins and forests.

Voici une liste des papillons de Guinée. Environ 583 espèces sont connues de Guinée, dont sept sont endémiques. Papilionidés Papilioninae Papilionini Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782 Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864 Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983 Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Papilio dardanus Brun, 1776 Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775 Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775 Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868 Papilio démodocus Esper, [1798] Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874 Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773 Leptocercini…

Eretis es un género de mariposas ditrysias perteneciente a la familia Hesperiidae.