Caenides kangvensis

Caenides kangvensis
Caenides kangvensis figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Caenides
Species: C. kangvensis
Binomial name
Caenides kangvensis
Holland, 1896[1]

Caenides kangvensis, the yellow-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and mature secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Thalia welwitschii and Gloriosa superba.

References

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