Biology:Hypoleucis dacena

Short description: Species of butterfly

Hypoleucis dacena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Hypoleucis
Species:	H. dacena
Binomial name
Hypoleucis dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
Synonyms
List Hesperia dacena Hewitson, 1876 Hesperia corduba Hewitson, 1876 Proteides leucopogon Mabille, 1891 Proteides masiva Mabille and Vuillot, 1891 Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)

Hypoleucis dacena, the white-fringed recluse, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to the flowers of Costus species.

The larvae feed on Costus afer.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5016824 entry