Osmodes omar

Osmodes omar, the obsolete white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1916. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Osmodes omar
Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Osmodes
Species:
O. omar
Binomial name
Osmodes omar

The larvae feed on Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus daniellii.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae".


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