Pardaleodes edipus

Pardaleodes edipus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pardaleodes
Species: P. edipus
Binomial name
Pardaleodes edipus
(Stoll, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio edipus Stoll, 1781

Pardaleodes edipus, the common pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas in forests.

Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.

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