Isoteinon anomoeus
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| Isoteinon anomoeus (as Cyclopedes anomoeus (Plötz, 1879), fig. 6) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Isoteinon |
| Species: | I. anomoeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Isoteinon anomoeus (Plötz, 1879)
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Isoteinon anomoeus, the yellow hopper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in West Africa, such as Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo.[2][1] The preferred habitat of the species consists of wetter forests, with a broken canopy, allowing the development of grassy areas.
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Plötz, C. (1879). "Verzeichniss der vom verstorbenen Prof. Dr. R. Bucholz in West Africa - beim Meerbusen von Guinea - gesammelten Hesperien". Entomologische Zeitung. 40: 353–364.
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
External links
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