Pteroteinon concaenira

Pteroteinon concaenira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species: P. concaenira
Binomial name
Pteroteinon concaenira
Belcastro & Larsen, 1996[1]

Pteroteinon concaenira, the Narrow-banded Red-eye, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Mussaenda species.

The larvae feed on Raphia farinifera.

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