Biology:Osmodes lindseyi

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Osmodes lindseyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Osmodes
Species:
O. lindseyi
Binomial name
Osmodes lindseyi
Miller, 1964[1]

Osmodes lindseyi, the black-tufted white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth with a full canopy.

Subspecies

  • Osmodes lindseyi lindseyi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic)
  • Osmodes lindseyi occidentalis Miller, 1971 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

  1. Osmodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

Wikidata ☰ Q7107189 entry