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Marbled Elf
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Marbled Elf

Eretis djaelaelae

Eretis djaelaelae, the marbled elf, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Somalia to South Africa to Angola and Abyssinia. The habitat consists of savanna woodland and sometimes also grassland. Similar to Eretis umbra but has white forelegs.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 243596.