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.[2] The habitat consists of woodland, Guinea savanna, forest margins and forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eretis |
| Species: | E. melania
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Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers. Adults are on wing from July to September and again from March to April in two generations per year.
References
edit- ^ Eretis, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
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