Biology:Sarangesa tertullianus

Short description: Species of butterfly

Sarangesa tertullianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. tertullianus
Binomial name
Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Hesperia tertullianus Fabricius, 1793 Pterygospidea grisea Hewitson, 1878 Hyda micacea Mabille, 1890 Sarangesa (Hyda) micacea ab. unipuncta Strand, 1913

Sarangesa tertullianus, the blue-dusted elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda (from the western part of the country to Bwamba). The habitat consists of forest edges and secondary growth near forests.

Adult males are attracted to flowers and bird droppings and mud-puddle.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7423127 entry