Artitropa comus

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Artitropa comus
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A. comus
Binomial name
Artitropa comus
(Stoll, 1782) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio comusStoll, 1782
  • Papilio helopsDrury, 1782
  • Hesperia enniusFabricius, 1793
  • Proteides margaritataHolland, 1890

Artitropa comus, the western nightfighter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to pawpaw flowers.

The larvae feed on Dracaena species, including Dracaena uganda , Dracaena manni , Dracaena usambarensis , Dracaena reflexa var. nitens, Dracaena steudneri and Dracaena perrotteti .

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References

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