Sarangesa tricerata

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Sarangesa tricerata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. tricerata
Binomial name
Sarangesa tricerata
(Mabille, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hyda tricerataMabille, 1891

Sarangesa tricerata, commonly known as the tricerate elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of drier forests.

Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.

Subspecies

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