Biology:Pardaleodes incerta

Pardaleodes incerta
	P. i. murcia, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Pardaleodes
Species:	P. incerta
Binomial name
	Pardaleodes incerta; (Snellen, 1872)
Synonyms
	Pamphila incerta Snellen, 1872; Hesperia murcia Plötz, 1883; Pardaleodes oedipus var. diluta Robbe, 1892;

Short description: Species of butterfly

Pardaleodes incerta, the savanna pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of the transition zone between forests and savanna and riverine forests.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica.

Subspecies

Pardaleodes incerta incerta (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, north-western and north-eastern Zambia)
Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883) (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)