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Osmodes adosus Mabille 1889

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Osmodes adosus (Mabille)
Pamphila adosus Mabille, 1889: 149 (Sierra Leone). =Pamphila argenteipuncta Holland, 1896: 41 (Mabille ms. name). = PamphiIa argenteigutta Holland, 1896: 42 (Mabille ms. name). = Osmodes schultzei Aurivillius, 1925: 1250 (Belgian Congo).
Evans (1937: 113) records adosus from Sierra Leone to Cameroon and east to Uganda. There is only one Liberian record: Liberia, 1 6 , 1 9 (Evans. 1937: 113).
There are specimens in Carnegie Museum from Cameroon, Rio Muni, Gabon and Uganda.

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bibliographic citation: Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA

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Osmodes adosus

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Osmodes adosus, the adosus white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Marantochloa species.

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Osmodes adosus: Brief Summary

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Osmodes adosus, the adosus white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Marantochloa species.

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