Osphantes

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Osphantes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Osphantes
Holland, 1896 [1]
Species:
O. ogowena
Binomial name
Osphantes ogowena
(Mabille, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Plastingia ogowenaMabille, 1891
  • Osphantes ogawena luluaEvans, 1956

Osphantes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Osphantes ogowena, the lobed skipper, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

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