Andronymus hero
| Andronymus hero | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Andronymus |
| Species: | A. hero |
| Binomial name | |
| Andronymus hero | |
Andronymus hero, the scarce dart, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania, and north-western and north-eastern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on combretum cuspidum, anthonota macrophylla, and anthonota crassifolia.
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Wikispecies has information related to Andronymus hero.
- ^ Andronymus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae