Osmodes adosus

Osmodes adosus
Osmodes adosus figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Osmodes
Species: O. adosus
Binomial name
Osmodes adosus
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila adosus Mabille, 1890
  • Pamphila argenteipuncta Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Osmodes argenteigutta Holland, 1896
  • Osmodes schultzei Aurivillius, 1925

Osmodes adosus, the Adosus White-spots, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Marantochloa species.

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