Species of butterfly
Western nightfighter
Artitropa comus figure 2'
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Artitropa
Species:
A. comus
Binomial name
Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
List
Papilio comus Stoll, 1782
Papilio helops Drury, 1782
Hesperia ennius Fabricius, 1793
Proteides margaritata Holland, 1890
Artitropa comus , the western nightfighter , is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to pawpaw flowers.
The larvae feed on Dracaena species, including Dracaena uganda , Dracaena manni , Dracaena usambarensis , Dracaena reflexa var. nitens , Dracaena steudneri and Dracaena perrotteti .
^ Artitropa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Last Update: 2024-04-21T08:58:35Z
Artitropa comus , the western nightfighter, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia...
Word Count : 109
Last Update: 2023-02-09T01:54:50Z
1937 Artitropa comus (Cramer, 1782) Artitropa erinnys (Trimen, 1862) Artitropa hollandi Oberthür, 1916 Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925 Artitropa reducta...
Word Count : 74
Last Update: 2024-01-30T23:18:12Z
Artitropa reducta is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of...
Word Count : 102
Last Update: 2022-03-12T16:00:23Z
Andronymus evander Andronymus helles Andronymus hero Andronymus neander Artitropa comus Astictopterus abjecta Astictopterus anomoeus Borbo binga Borbo borbonica...
Word Count : 1916
Last Update: 2022-03-12T17:17:00Z
1896) Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879) Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879) Gretna balenge (Holland, 1891)...
Word Count : 2947
Last Update: 2022-03-12T17:20:57Z
1937 Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879) Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879) Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey...
Word Count : 3802
Last Update: 2022-03-12T16:52:47Z
Zophopetes quaternata (Mabille, 1876) Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879) Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886) Pteroteinon...
Word Count : 2571
Last Update: 2024-04-11T13:32:57Z
(Holland, 1896) Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925 Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925 Mopala orma (Plötz...
Word Count : 9733
Last Update: 2022-03-12T17:21:04Z
Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867) Zophopetes quaternata (Mabille, 1876) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886) Leona halma Evans, 1937 Caenides...
Word Count : 1329
Last Update: 2024-03-16T19:30:12Z
Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867) Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937 Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879) Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey...
Word Count : 1836
Last Update: 2022-03-12T17:14:48Z
(Plötz, 1879) Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Artitropa cama Evans, 1937 Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925 Mopala orma (Plötz...
Word Count : 4032
Last Update: 2022-03-12T17:21:16Z
Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867) Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey & Miller, 1965 Gretna cylinda...
Word Count : 3091
Last Update: 2023-02-08T19:43:08Z
(Plötz, 1879) Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Artitropa cama Evans, 1937 Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925 Mopala orma (Plötz...
Word Count : 7067
Last Update: 2022-10-11T12:54:07Z
Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884) Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879) Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey...
Word Count : 2357
Last Update: 2023-02-08T19:35:44Z
Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Artitropa cama Evans, 1937 Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925 Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925 Gretna...
Word Count : 4109
Last Update: 2023-02-08T19:28:14Z
1937 Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879) Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782) Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879) Gretna balenge (Holland, 1891)...
Word Count : 5881