Artitropa reducta

Artitropa reducta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Artitropa
Species: A. reducta
Binomial name
Artitropa reducta
Aurivillius, 1925[1]
Synonyms
  • Artitropa comus var. reducta Aurivillius, 1925

Artitropa reducta is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, southern Ethiopia, the coast of Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2]

Adults are attracted to flowers and have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Brunfelsia species. They are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Dracaena reflexa var. nitens, Dracaena steudneri and Dracena mannii.

References

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  1. Artitropa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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