Rhabdomantis sosia

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Rhabdomantis sosia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Rhabdomantis
Species:
R. sosia
Binomial name
Rhabdomantis sosia
(Mabille, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila sosiaMabille, 1891

Rhabdomantis sosia, the common large fox, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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References

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