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Tuxentius cretosus

Subspecies

  • [Tuxentius] cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
    - anomalogramma (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Adult morphologyWingspan14
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)583
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)646
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:

  • Rhamnaceae
    - Ziziphus

  • Rhamnaceae
    - Ziziphus

Records


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