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Caenides soritia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Caenides

Caenides soritia

Similar
  
Artitropa comus, Neptis nemetes, Andronymus neander, Acraea jodutta, Coeliades pisistratus

Caenides soritia, the well-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon and possibly Malawi. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Zingiber species.

References

Caenides soritia Wikipedia