Pardaleodes incerta, the savanna pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of the transition zone between forests and savanna and riverine forests.
Pardaleodes incerta | |
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P. i. murcia, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pardaleodes |
Species: | P. incerta
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Binomial name | |
Pardaleodes incerta | |
Synonyms | |
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Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica.
Subspecies
edit- Pardaleodes incerta incerta (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, north-western and north-eastern Zambia)
- Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883) (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
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P. i. incerta, Uganda
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P. i. murcia, Ghana
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Pardaleodes incerta.
- ^ Pardaleodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-22.