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Osmodes adon

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Osmodes adon
Figure 13 male, figure 15 female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Osmodes
Species:
O. adon
Binomial name
Osmodes adon
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila adon Mabille, 1890
  • Osmodes barombina Neustetter, 1916
  • Osmodes adon noda Evans, 1951
  • Osmodes maesseni Miller, 1971

Osmodes adon, the Adon white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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