Artitropa cama

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Artitropa cama
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Artitropa
Species:
A. cama
Binomial name
Artitropa cama
Evans, 1937 [1]

Artitropa cama is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Zambia. [2]

The larvae feed on Dracaena species.

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References

  1. Artitropa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae