Pardaleodes edipus
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Pardaleodes edipus | |
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In Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pardaleodes |
Species: | P. edipus
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Pardaleodes edipus | |
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Pardaleodes edipus, the common pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas in forests.
Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.[citation needed]
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- ^ Pardaleodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
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