Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Caenides | |
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
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