Osmodes laronia, the large white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
| Osmodes laronia | |
|---|---|
_male.jpg)
| |
_male_underside.jpg)
| |
| Kibale Forest, Uganda | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Osmodes |
| Species: | O. laronia
|
| Binomial name | |
| Osmodes laronia | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus daniellii.
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osmodes laronia.
Wikispecies has information related to Osmodes laronia.
- ^ Osmodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae