Zophopetes cerymica
| Zophopetes cerymica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Zophopetes |
| Species: | Z. cerymica |
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| Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)[1] | |
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Zophopetes cerymica, the common palm nightfighter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] It is found in various habitats, as long as palms are present.
Adults have been recorded feeding from red flowers of a root parasite.
The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis, Cocos nucifer, Raphia, Borassus and Phoenix species.
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