Pardaleodes edipus

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Pardaleodes edipus
File:Common pathfinder (Pardaleodes edipus) female Kwabena Sam.jpg
female, Ashanti Region, Ghana
File:Common pathfinder (Pardaleodes edipus) underside.jpg
Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pardaleodes
Species:
P. edipus
Binomial name
Pardaleodes edipus
(Stoll, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio edipus Stoll, 1781

Pardaleodes edipus, the common pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas in forests.

Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Pardaleodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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