Osmodes adosus

Osmodes adosus
Osmodes adosus figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Osmodes
Species: O. adosus
Binomial name
Osmodes adosus
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila adosus Mabille, 1890
  • Pamphila argenteipuncta Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Osmodes argenteigutta Holland, 1896
  • Osmodes schultzei Aurivillius, 1925

Osmodes adosus, the adosus white-spots, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Marantochloa species.

References

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  1. ↑ Osmodes at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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