Osmodes lindseyi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Osmodes |
Species: | O. lindseyi
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Binomial name | |
Osmodes lindseyi Miller, 1964[1]
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Osmodes lindseyi, the black-tufted white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth with a full canopy.
Subspecies
[edit]- Osmodes lindseyi lindseyi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic)
- Osmodes lindseyi occidentalis Miller, 1971 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
References
[edit]- ^ Osmodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae