Caenides dacena
| Caenides dacena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Caenides |
| Species: | C. dacena |
| Binomial name | |
| Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)[1] | |
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Caenides dacena, the white-fringed recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to the flowers of Costus species.
The larvae feed on Costus afer.
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