Osmodes adosus

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Osmodes adosus
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Scientific classification
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Hesperiidae
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O. adosus
Binomial name
Osmodes adosus
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila adosus Mabille, 1890
  • Pamphila argenteipuncta Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Osmodes argenteigutta Holland, 1896
  • Osmodes schultzei Aurivillius, 1925

Osmodes adosus, the adosus white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, 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.

The larvae feed on Marantochloa species.

References[]

  1. ^ Osmodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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