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Zophopetes cerymica

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Zophopetes cerymica

Zophopetes cerymica, the common palm nightfighter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia. It is found in various habitats, as long as palms are present.

Adults have been recorded feeding from red flowers of a root parasite.

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis, Cocos nucifer, Raphia, Borassus and Phoenix species.

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Zophopetes cerymica Wikipedia


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