Andronymus hero

(Andronymus hero)

Description

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. The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on Combretum cuspidum, Anthonota macrophylla and Anthonota crassifolia.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Andronymus
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