Family Hesperiidae Order Butterflies and moths | Rank Species | |
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Similar Tuxentius carana, Gnophodes chelys, Pseudacraea semire, Neptis melicerta, Ypthima doleta | ||
Osmodes laronia, the large white-spots, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus daniellii.
References
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