Sarangesa tricerata

Sarangesa tricerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species: S. tricerata
Binomial name
Sarangesa tricerata
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyda tricerata Mabille, 1891

Sarangesa tricerata, the Tricerate Elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests.

Adult males are attracted to bird-droppings.

Subspecies

References

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