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Chondrolepis niveicornis

Synonyms: Hesperia niveicornis; Kedestes miranda; Pamphila chirala; Pamphila murga; Perichares albicornis

Wikipedia Abstract

Chondrolepis niveicornis, the snow-horned nightfighter or common snow-horned skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of damp and marshy areas, stream banks and tall grass at the edges of submontane forests. Adults are attracted to flowers. They are on wing in September and from January to May. The larvae feed on Panicum deustum and Imperata cylindrica.
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Prey / Diet

Imperata cylindrica (alang-alang)[1]
Panicum deustum (broadleaf panicum)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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