Caenides dacela

Caenides dacela
Caenides dacela figure 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Caenides
Species: C. dacela
Binomial name
Caenides dacela
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia dacela Hewitson, 1876
  • Hesperia nydia Plötz, 1879

Caenides dacela, the common recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Raphia and Phoenix species (including Phoenix dactylifera).

References

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


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