Celaenorrhinus pooanus
Celaenorrhinus pooanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Celaenorrhinus |
Species: | C. pooanus |
Binomial name | |
Celaenorrhinus pooanus Aurivillius, 1910[1] | |
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Celaenorrhinus pooanus, the Bitje sprite, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the north-east to the Ituri Forest).[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding on flowers of Mussaenda species.
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