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Pteroteinon iricolor

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Pteroteinon iricolor
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P. iricolor
Binomial name
Pteroteinon iricolor
(Holland, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Proteides iricolor Holland, 1890

Pteroteinon iricolor, the green-winged red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat mostly consists of wet forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Mussaenda species.

References

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