Melphina unistriga

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Melphina unistriga, the common forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It lives in forests with a closed canopy across parts of Africa, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. Synonym: Parnara unistriga.

Scientific classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Hesperiidae
- Genus: Melphina
- Species: unistriga

Binomial name: Melphina unistriga Holland, 1893 (synonym: Parnara unistriga Holland, 1893).