Pteroteinon laufella

Pteroteinon laufella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species: P. laufella
Binomial name
Pteroteinon laufella
(Hewitson, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia laufella Hewitson, 1868

Pteroteinon laufella, the Blue Red-eye, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in north-eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, northern Angola and the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults may spend the night inside the blossoms of Ipomoea species. Adult males occasionally mud-puddle.

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Cocos nucifera.

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