Osphantes
| Osphantes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Osphantes Holland, 1896[1] |
| Species: | O. ogowena |
| Binomial name | |
| Osphantes ogowena (Mabille, 1891) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Osphantes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Osphantes ogowena, the Lobed Skipper, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Subspecies
- Osphantes ogowena ogowena (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Osphantes ogowena lulua Evans, 1956 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Zambia)
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