Hypoleucis tripunctata
| Hypoleucis tripunctata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hypoleucis |
| Species: | H. tripunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypoleucis tripunctata, the Unmarked Costus Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Aframomum latifolium and Aframomum sceptrum.
Subspecies
- Hypoleucis tripunctata tripunctata (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
- Hypoleucis tripunctata draga Evans, 1937 (central and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)
- Hypoleucis tripunctata truda Evans, 1937 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo)
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