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Osmodes lindseyi

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Species of butterfly

Osmodes lindseyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Osmodes
Species: O. lindseyi
Binomial name
Osmodes lindseyi
Miller, 1964

Osmodes lindseyi, the black-tufted white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth with a full canopy.

Subspecies

  • Osmodes lindseyi lindseyi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic)
  • Osmodes lindseyi occidentalis Miller, 1971 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

  1. Osmodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Taxon identifiers
Osmodes lindseyi


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