Caenides sophia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Caenides |
Species: | C. sophia |
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Caenides sophia | |
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Caenides sophia, the scarce costus skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Sorghum arundinaceum .