Biology:Osmodes omar
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Osmodes omar | |
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| Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Osmodes |
| Species: | O. omar
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| Binomial name | |
| Osmodes omar C. Swinhoe, 1916[1]
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Osmodes omar, the obsolete white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1916. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus daniellii.
References
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- ↑ Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/osmodes/#omar. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae".
Wikidata ☰ Q7107193 entry
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