Xanthodisca astrape

Xanthodisca astrape
Xanthodisca astrape figure 11
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Xanthodisca
Species:	X. astrape
Binomial name
Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
Pardaleodes astrape Holland, 1892 Pardaleodes parcus Karsch, 1893 Pardaleodes eurydice Aurivillius, 1925

Xanthodisca astrape, the false pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of the edges of forests and forest clearings.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium braunianum.

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