Aurina
Aurina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Aurina dina, which is found in Ivory Coast.[2]
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| Genus: | Aurina Evans, 1937 |
| Species: | A. dina |
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| Aurina dina Evans, 1937[1] | |
Taxonomy
The genus was erected as a monobasic Afrotropical genus. However, the specimens on which the erection of the genus was based appear to represent mislabelled Neotropical material, resembling the Neotropical genus Ablepsis.[2]
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