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Bouvier's elfin
In Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. bouvieri
Binomial name
Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
Pterygospidea bouvieri Mabille, 1877 Antigonus philotimus Plötz, 1879

Sarangesa bouvieri, commonly known as Bouvier's elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of dry forests and successional habitats.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.

References

1. Sarangesa, funet.fi

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