Sarangesa tertullianus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Sarangesa
Species
Sarangesa tertullianus
Scientific Name
Sarangesa tertullianus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sarangesa tertullianus

Sarangesa tertullianus, commonly known as the blue-dusted elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda (from the western part of the country to Bwamba). The habitat consists of forest edges and secondary growth near forests.

Adult males are attracted to flowers and bird droppings and mud-puddle.

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Blue-dusted Elfin

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Sarangesa tertullianus
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Sarangesa tertullianus
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