| Bouvier's elfin | |
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| In Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. bouvieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa bouvieri | |
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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.
