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Sarangesa tertullianus

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Species of butterfly

Sarangesa tertullianus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species: S. tertullianus
Binomial name
Sarangesa tertullianus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
List
  • Hesperia tertullianus Fabricius, 1793
  • Pterygospidea grisea Hewitson, 1878
  • Hyda micacea Mabille, 1890
  • Sarangesa (Hyda) micacea ab. unipuncta Strand, 1913

Sarangesa tertullianus, commonly known as the blue-dusted 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, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda (from the western part of the country to Bwamba). The habitat consists of forest edges and secondary growth near forests.

Adult males are attracted to flowers and bird droppings and mud-puddle.

References

  1. Sarangesa, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
Taxon identifiers
Sarangesa tertullianus


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