Ortholexis melichroptera, the black scarce sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.[1] It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (the Cross River Loop), Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of dense primary forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Ortholexis |
| Species: | O. melichroptera
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| Ortholexis melichroptera Karsch, 1895
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References
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- ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Brockmann, Ernst; Grishin, Nick V. (2019-08-07). "Three new subfamilies of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)". ZooKeys (861): 91–105. Bibcode:2019ZooK..861...91Z. doi:10.3897/zookeys.861.34686. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6629708. PMID 31333327.
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
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