Caenides kangvensis
Caenides kangvensis | |
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Caenides kangvensis figure 10 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Caenides |
Species: | C. kangvensis |
Binomial name | |
Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896[1] | |
Caenides kangvensis, the yellow-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and mature secondary growth.
The larvae feed on Thalia welwitschii and Gloriosa superba.
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