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Pteroteinon concaenira

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Pteroteinon concaenira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species:
P. concaenira
Binomial name
Pteroteinon concaenira
Belcastro & Larsen, 1996[1]

Pteroteinon concaenira, the narrow-banded red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Mussaenda species.

The larvae feed on Raphia farinifera.

References

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