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Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)

- podorina (Mabille, 1890)
- pharaonis (Staudinger, 1894)
- strigatus (Aurivillius, 1925)

Adult morphologyWingspan10
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)633
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)671
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
SUD:
Centered on the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel, extending south as vagrants/migrants
SUD
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWE:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia

Records

1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)