Celaenorrhinus galenus
Harenna Forest, Ethiopia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species:
C. galenus
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus galenus
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Hesperia galenus Fabricius, 1793
  • Pardaleodes fulgens Mabille, 1877
  • Coladenia maculata Hampson, 1891
  • Plesioneura hoehneli Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Celaenorrhinus opalinus Butler, 1901
  • Celaenorrhinus galenus var. alluaudi Mabille & Boullet, 1916
  • Celaenorrhinus opalinus var. jeanneli Mabille & Boullet, 1916
  • Celaenorrhinus bryki Aurivillius, 1925
  • Plesioneura biseriata Butler, 1888

Celaenorrhinus galenus, also known as the common orange sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Ethiopia and to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes feed from flowers growing low down along forest paths, including those of Ipomoea palmata. They are on wing from September onwards, becoming commoner in late autumn. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum paniculatum, Hypoestes and Justicia species.

Subspecies

  • Celaenorrhinus galenus galenus - from Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon to the equatorial zone
  • Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata (Butler, 1888) - eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe

References

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  1. ↑ "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-09.


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