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Xanthodisca vibius

Synonyms: Astictopterus vibius

Wikipedia Abstract

Xanthodisca vibius, the Vibius orange and Vibius skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi, north-western and north-eastern Zambia and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests and moist dense woodland, especially Brachystegia woodland. Adults are known to mud-puddle. They are on wing from January to May. The larvae feed on Afromomum species.
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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