Pteroteinon concaenira
Pteroteinon concaenira | |
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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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