Pardaleodes fan
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pardaleodes |
Species: | P. fan
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Binomial name | |
Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
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Pardaleodes fan, the Ankole skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and Zambia.[1] The habitat consists of forests and thick vegetation bordering streams. Some cultures use this insect in the cheese-making process.
The larvae feed on climbing grasses of the family Poaceae.
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