Apallaga pooanus
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Bitje sprite | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Apallaga |
Species: | A. pooanus
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Binomial name | |
Apallaga pooanus Aurivillius, 1910[1]
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Apallaga pooanus, commonly known as the Bitje sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the north-east to the Ituri Forest).[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding on flowers of Mussaenda species.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Apallaga pooanus.
- ^ "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-09.