Celaenorrhinus galenus

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Celaenorrhinus galenus
Orange sprite (Celaenorrhinus galenus) Ethiopia.jpg
Harenna Forest, Ethiopia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species:
C. galenus
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus galenus
(Fabricius, 1793) [1]
Synonyms
List
  • Hesperia galenusFabricius, 1793
  • Pardaleodes fulgensMabille, 1877
  • Coladenia maculataHampson, 1891
  • Plesioneura hoehneliRogenhofer, 1891
  • Celaenorrhinus opalinusButler, 1901
  • Celaenorrhinus galenus var. alluaudiMabille & Boullet, 1916
  • Celaenorrhinus opalinus var. jeanneliMabille & Boullet, 1916
  • Celaenorrhinus brykiAurivillius, 1925
  • Plesioneura biseriataButler, 1888

Celaenorrhinus galenus, also known as the common orange sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Ethiopia and to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes feed from flowers growing low down along forest paths, including those of Ipomoea palmata . They are on wing from September onwards, becoming commoner in late autumn. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum paniculatum , Hypoestes and Justicia species.

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References

  1. "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-09.