Sarangesa bouvieri

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Bouvier's elfin
Bouvier's elfin (Sarangesa bouvieri) male.jpg
In Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. bouvieri
Binomial name
Sarangesa bouvieri
(Mabille, 1877) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pterygospidea bouvieriMabille, 1877
  • Antigonus philotimusPlötz, 1879

Sarangesa bouvieri, commonly known as Bouvier's elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of dry forests and successional habitats.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.

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References

  1. Sarangesa, funet.fi