Biology:Eretis lugens

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Eretis lugens
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Eretis lugens figure 10
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Eretis
Species:
E. lugens
Binomial name
Eretis lugens
(Rogenhofer, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterygospidea lugens Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Pterygospidea morosa Rogenhofer, 1891

Eretis lugens, the savanna elf, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, northern Guinea, northern Sierra Leone, Liberia, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Sudan savanna, open Guinea savanna, forest margins, forests and dense woodland.

The larvae feed on Asystasia schimperi, Asystasia coromandeliana, Justicia lukepiensis, Dyschoriste perrotetetti and Barleria species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5385703 entry