Procampta is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Procampta rara, the rare elf, which is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tagiadinae |
| Genus: | Procampta Holland, 1892 |
| Species: | P. rara
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| Binomial name | |
| Procampta rara Holland, 1892[1]
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Adults mud-puddle and males are attracted to bird droppings and have been observed drinking the juices of over-ripe oranges.
References
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- ^ Procampta, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
External links
edit- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 76
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