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Sprites
Apallaga
Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They belong to the spread-winged skipper subfamily (Pyrginae), and therein are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhini.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Large Flat
speciesApallaga mokeezi
Common Small Sprite
speciesApallaga galenus
Central Sprite
speciesApallaga alluaudi
Opaline Sprite
speciesApallaga opalinus
Apallaga fulgens
speciesApallaga fulgens
Large Sprite
speciesApallaga rutilans
Less Illustrious Sprite
speciesApallaga perlustris
Sierra Leone Sprite
speciesApallaga leona
Albertine Sprite
speciesApallaga kivuensis
Eastern Sprite
speciesApallaga biseriata
Ghana Small Sprite
speciesApallaga ghanaensis
Montane Sprite
speciesApallaga oreas
Kakamega Sprite
speciesApallaga kakamegae
Ankasa Sprite
speciesApallaga ankasa
Large Orange Sprite
speciesApallaga meditrina
Mixed-up Sprite
speciesApallaga intermixtus
Kasai Sprite
speciesApallaga kasai
Apallaga evansi
speciesApallaga evansi
Apallaga adora
speciesApallaga adora
Central Sprite
speciesApallaga chrysoglossa
Apallaga boadicea
speciesApallaga boadicea
Apallaga belcastroi
speciesApallaga belcastroi
Dark Small Sprite
speciesApallaga galkasa
Apallaga minuta
speciesApallaga minuta
Beni Sprite
speciesApallaga beni
Jacqueline's Sprite
speciesApallaga jacquelinae
Handman’s Sprite
speciesApallaga handmani
Uluguru Sprite
speciesApallaga uluguru
Hecq’s Sprite
speciesApallaga hecqui
Apallaga lourentis
speciesApallaga lourentis
Apallaga bergeri
speciesApallaga bergeri
Bitje Sprite
speciesApallaga pooanus
Bakolo Sprite
speciesApallaga bakolo
Miller’s Sprite
speciesApallaga milleri
Apallaga abriana
speciesApallaga abriana
Jackson's Sprite
speciesApallaga jacksoni
Homeyer’s Sprite
speciesApallaga homeyeri
Ducarme's sprite
speciesApallaga ducarmei
Ashanti Sprite
speciesApallaga ashanti
Safian's Large Sprite
speciesApallaga safiani
Eastern Sprite
speciesApallaga orientalis
Suzanne’s Large Sprite
speciesApallaga suzannae
Kimboza Sprite
speciesApallaga kimboza
Sanje Sprite
speciesApallaga sanjeensis
Usambara Sprite
speciesApallaga cordeironis
Rubeho Sprite
speciesApallaga rubeho
Selys’ Sprite
speciesApallaga selysi
Menagesha Sprite
speciesApallaga menageshae
Eastern Vicariant Sprite
speciesApallaga vicariana
Evans’ Orange Sprite
speciesApallaga ovalis
Apallaga medustris
speciesApallaga medustris
Apallaga ovastris
speciesApallaga ovastris
Vande Weghe's Sprite
speciesApallaga vandeweghei
Apallaga confusa
speciesApallaga confusa
Apallaga perconfusa
speciesApallaga perconfusa
Illustrious Sprite
speciesApallaga illustris
Apallaga elongata
speciesApallaga elongata
Apallaga brattstromi
speciesApallaga brattstromi
Mona's Sprite
speciesApallaga mona
Apallaga incredibilis
speciesApallaga incredibilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 906467.