Sarangesa tricerata

Sarangesa tricerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. tricerata
Binomial name
	Sarangesa tricerata; (Mabille, 1891)
Synonyms
	Hyda tricerataMabille, 1891;

Last updated September 14, 2025

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 dry forests.

Adult males are known to be attracted to bird droppings.

Subspecies

Sarangesa tricerata tricerata (Gambia, Sierra Leone, to Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Sarangesa tricerata compactaEvans, 1951 (western Tanzania)

References

↑ Sarangesa, funet.fi
↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-18.

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[1] Sarangesa, funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-18.

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