Biology:Sarangesa bouvieri
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Sarangesa bouvieri | |
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| In Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. bouvieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)[1]
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Sarangesa bouvieri, or Bouvier's elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dry forests and successional habitats.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7423104 entry
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