Biology:Caenides hidaroides

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Aurivillius' recluse
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Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Caenides
Species:
C. hidaroides
Binomial name
Caenides hidaroides
Aurivillius, 1896[1]
Synonyms
  • Caenides artopta Druce, 1910

Caenides hidaroides, commonly known as Aurivillius' recluse, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. Caenides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

Wikidata ☰ Q5016828 entry