Pteroteinon iricolor

Pteroteinon iricolor
Pteroteinon iricolor figure 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species: P. iricolor
Binomial name
Pteroteinon iricolor
(Holland, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Proteides iricolor Holland, 1890

Pteroteinon iricolor, the green-winged red-eye, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat mostly consists of wet forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Mussaenda species.

References

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