Sarangesa bouvieri
| Sarangesa bouvieri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. bouvieri
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| Sarangesa bouvieri | |
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Sarangesa bouvieri, or Bouvier's elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dry forests and successional habitats.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.
References[]
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Data related to Sarangesa bouvieri at Wikispecies
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1877
- Celaenorrhini
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Paul Mabille
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