Eretis lugens

Eretis lugens
Eretis lugens figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eretis
Species:	E. lugens
Binomial name
Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
Pterygospidea lugensRogenhofer, 1891 Pterygospidea morosaRogenhofer, 1891

Eretis lugens, commonly known as the savanna elf, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, northern Guinea, northern Sierra Leone, Liberia, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia. The habitat consists of Sudan savanna, open Guinea savanna, forest margins, forests and dense woodland.

The larvae feed on Asystasia schimperi , Asystasia coromandeliana , Justicia lukepiensis , Dyschoriste perrotetetti and Barleria species.

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. This species is #1242. ^[2] The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. ^[3]

References

1. Eretis, funet.fi
2. Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN   978-87-88757-43-9.
3. Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 168. ISBN   978-615-02-5911-6.