Celaenorrhinus proxima

Celaenorrhinus proxima
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. proxima
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus proxima
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plesioneura proxima Mabille, 1877
  • Tagiades elmina Plötz, 1879

Celaenorrhinus proxima, the common black sprite, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.

The larvae feed on Mimulopsis species.

Subspecies

References

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