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Xanthodisca vibius

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Xanthodisca vibius
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X. vibius
Binomial name
Xanthodisca vibius
(Hewitson, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Astictopterus vibius Hewitson, 1878

Xanthodisca vibius, the Vibius orange and Vibius skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi, north-western and north-eastern Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests and moist dense woodland, especially Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are known to mud-puddle. They are on wing from January to May.

The larvae feed on Aframomum species.

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