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Pteroteinon caenira

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Pteroteinon caenira
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P. caenira
Binomial name
Pteroteinon caenira
(Hewitson, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia caenira Hewitson, 1867
  • Hesperia calpis Plötz, 1879

Pteroteinon caenira, the white-banded red-eye, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense secondary growth.

Adults have been recorded mud-puddling.

The larvae feed on Phoenix dactylifera and Washingtonia filifera.

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