Artitropa comus

Artitropa comus
Artitropa comus figure 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Artitropa
Species: A. comus
Binomial name
Artitropa comus
(Stoll, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio comus Stoll, 1782
  • Papilio helops Drury, 1782
  • Hesperia ennius Fabricius, 1793
  • Proteides margaritata Holland, 1890

Artitropa comus, the Western Nightfighter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to pawpaw flowers.

The larvae feed on Dracaena species, including Dracaena uganda, Dracaena manni, Dracaena usambarensis, Dracaena reflexa var. nitens, Dracaena steudneri and Dracaena perrotteti.

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