Pardaleodes sator
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| Species: | P. sator
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Pardaleodes sator, the scarce pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Oplismenus hirtellus.
Subspecies
- Pardaleodes sator sator (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Pardaleodes sator pusiella Mabille, 1877 (Cameroon: except the west, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
References
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- ^ Pardaleodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae