Calleagris lacteus

Calleagris lacteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Calleagris
Species: C. lacteus
Binomial name
Calleagris lacteus
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tagiades lacteus Mabille, 1877
  • Tagiades dannatti Ehrmann, 1893

Calleagris lacteus, the Milky Scarce Flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.

Subspecies

References

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