Sarangesa tricerata

Sarangesa tricerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species: S. tricerata
Binomial name
Sarangesa tricerata
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyda tricerata Mabille, 1891

Sarangesa tricerata, the tricerate elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests.

Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.

Subspecies

  • Sarangesa tricerata tricerata (Gambia, Sierra Leone, to Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Sarangesa tricerata compacta Evans, 1951 (western Tanzania)

References

  1. ↑ Sarangesa, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae


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