Artitropa comus

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Artitropa comus
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Artitropa comus figure 2
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A. comus
Binomial name
Artitropa comus
(Stoll, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio comus Stoll, 1782
  • Papilio helops Drury, 1782
  • Hesperia ennius Fabricius, 1793
  • Proteides margaritata Holland, 1890

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Artitropa comus, the Western Nightfighter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to pawpaw flowers.

The larvae feed on Dracaena species, including Dracaena uganda, Dracaena manni, Dracaena usambarensis, Dracaena reflexa var. nitens, Dracaena steudneri and Dracaena perrotteti.

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