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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osmodes laronia, the large white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
| Osmodes laronia | |
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| Kibale Forest, Uganda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Osmodes |
| Species: | O. laronia |
| Binomial name | |
| Osmodes laronia | |
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Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus daniellii.
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