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Caenides dacena

Synonyms: Hesperia corduba; Hesperia dacena; Proteides leucopogon; Proteides massiva

Wikipedia Abstract

Caenides dacena, the white-fringed recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Adults are attracted to the flowers of Costus species. The larvae feed on Costus afer.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0