Biology:Pyrrhiades
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Short description: Genus of butterflies
| Pyrrhiades | |
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| Western blue policeman Pyrrhiades lucagus, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Coeliadinae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhiades Lindsey & Miller, 1965 |
| Species: | P. lucagus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhiades lucagus (Cramer, [1777])[1]
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Pyrrhiades is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Pyrrhiades lucagus, the western blue policeman, which is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers, bird droppings and mud patches.
The larvae feed on Acridocarpus smeathmanni.
References
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1760218 entry
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