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Pardaleodes tibullus, the large pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of open areas in forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers, particularly those of the Acanthaceae and Lamiaceae families.
The larvae feed on Pennisetum species.
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