Hypoleucis tripunctata

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Hypoleucis tripunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hypoleucis
Species:
H. tripunctata
Binomial name
Hypoleucis tripunctata
Mabille, 1891 [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypoleucis titanotaKarsch, 1893

Hypoleucis tripunctata, the unmarked costus skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Aframomum latifolium and Aframomum sceptrum .

Subspecies

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References

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