Caenides benga

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Caenides benga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Caenides
Species:
C. benga
Binomial name
Caenides benga
(Holland, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Proteides bengaHolland, 1891

Caenides benga, the yellow-patch recluse, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of tall secondary forests with a closed canopy.

References

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