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Osmodes omar

(Osmodes omar)

Description

Osmodes omar, the obsolete white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii and Thaumatococcus daniellii.

Taxonomic tree:

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