Pardaleodes incerta
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Pardaleodes incerta, the Savanna Pathfinder Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of the transition zone between forests and savanna and riverine forests.
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica.
Subspecies
- Pardaleodes incerta incerta (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, north-western and north-eastern Zambia)
- Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883) (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
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