Pardaleodes tibullus

Pardaleodes tibullus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pardaleodes
Species: P. tibullus
Binomial name
Pardaleodes tibullus
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia tibullus Fabricius, 1793
  • Plastingia reichenowi Plötz, 1879
  • Pardaleodes festus Mabille, 1890
  • Pardaleodes aurivillii Reuss, 1920
  • Pardaleodes torensis Bethune-Baker, 1906

Pardaleodes tibullus, the large pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of open areas in forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers, particularly those of the Acanthaceae and Lamiaceae families.

The larvae feed on Pennisetum species.

Subspecies

  • Pardaleodes tibullus tibullus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan)
  • Pardaleodes tibullus torensis Bethune-Baker, 1906 (Uganda, western Kenya)

References

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


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