| Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Sarangesa | |
Sarangesa bouvieri, Bouvier's elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of dry forests and successional habitats.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.
References
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