Biology:Apallaga pooanus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Apallaga pooanus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Apallaga
Species:
A. pooanus
Binomial name
Apallaga pooanus
Aurivillius, 1910[1]
Synonyms
  • Celaenorrhinus bitjena Evans, 1937
  • Celaenorrhinus pooanus Aurivillius, 1910

Apallaga pooanus, commonly known as the Bitje sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the north-east to the Ituri Forest).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding on flowers of Mussaenda species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5057475 entry