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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