Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hypoleucis | |
Hypoleucis tripunctata, the unmarked costus skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Aframomum latifolium and Aframomum sceptrum.
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