Caenides soritia
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| Family: | Hesperiidae
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| Species: | C. soritia
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Caenides soritia, the well-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon and possibly Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Zingiber species.
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- ^ Caenides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1876
- Erionotini
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Erionotini stubs