Pteroteinon laufella
In Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species:
P. laufella
Binomial name
Pteroteinon laufella
(Hewitson, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia laufella Hewitson, 1868

Pteroteinon laufella, the blue red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in north-eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, northern Angola and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults may spend the night inside the blossoms of Ipomoea species. Adult males occasionally mud-puddle.

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Cocos nucifera.

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  1. ↑ Pteroteinon at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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