Celaenorrhinus galenus

Celaenorrhinus galenus
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Celaenorrhinus
Species:	C. galenus
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
Hesperia galenus Fabricius, 1793 Pardaleodes fulgens Mabille, 1877 Coladenia maculata Hampson, 1891 Plesioneura hoehneli Rogenhofer, 1891 Celaenorrhinus opalinus Butler, 1901 Celaenorrhinus galenus var. alluaudi Mabille & Boullet, 1916 Celaenorrhinus opalinus var. jeanneli Mabille & Boullet, 1916 Celaenorrhinus bryki Aurivillius, 1925 Plesioneura biseriata Butler, 1888

Celaenorrhinus galenus, the common orange sprite, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Ethiopia and to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes feed from flowers growing low down along forest paths, including those of Ipomoea palmata. They are on wing from September onwards, becoming commoner in late autumn. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum paniculatum, Hypoestes and Justicia species.

Subspecies

• Celaenorrhinus galenus galenus (from Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon to the equatorial zone)
• Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata (Butler, 1888) (eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe)

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