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Osmodes lindseyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Osmodes

Osmodes lindseyi, the black-tufted white-spots, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth with a full canopy.

Subspecies

  • Osmodes lindseyi lindseyi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic)
  • Osmodes lindseyi occidentalis Miller, 1971 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • References

    Osmodes lindseyi Wikipedia