Osmodes laronia

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Osmodes laronia
Large white-spots (Osmodes laronia) male.jpg
Large white-spots (Osmodes laronia) male underside.jpg
Kibale Forest, Uganda
Scientific classification
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Hesperiidae
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O. laronia
Binomial name
Osmodes laronia
(Hewitson, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia laronia Hewitson, 1868
  • Plastingia bicuta Mabille; Holland, 1896

Osmodes laronia, the large white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on , Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus daniellii.

References[]

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


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