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Osmodes thora

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Osmodes thora
Osmodes thora figures 3, 4, 7 (male) 5, 6 (female)
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O. thora
Binomial name
Osmodes thora
(Plötz, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plastingia thora Plötz, 1884
  • Pamphila chrysauge Mabille, 1891
  • Osmodes thops Holland, 1896

Osmodes thora, the common white-spots, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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