Biology:Pardaleodes edipus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Pardaleodes edipus | |
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| In Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pardaleodes |
| Species: | P. edipus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)[1]
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Pardaleodes edipus, the common pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas in forests.
Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.
References
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- ↑ Pardaleodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_hesperiinae_1.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q7136511 entry
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