Osmodes omar

Osmodes omar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Osmodes
Species: O. omar
Binomial name
Osmodes omar
Swinhoe, 1916[1]

Osmodes omar, the Obsolete White-spots, 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 northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus danielli.

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