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Teniorhinus watsoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Teniorhinus

Teniorhinus watsoni

Teniorhinus watsoni, Watson's small fox, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests. The species is associated with rivers and swamps.

The larvae feed on Cynometra megalophylla.

References

Teniorhinus watsoni Wikipedia