Biology:Pardaleodes fan

Short description: Species of butterfly

Pardaleodes fan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Pardaleodes
Species:	P. fan
Binomial name
Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
Synonyms
List Osmodes fan Holland, 1894 Pardaleodes kamagamba Bethune-Baker, 1906 Pardaleodes scalaris Grünberg, 1910 Ankola fan (Holland, 1894)

Pardaleodes fan, the Ankole skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and thick vegetation bordering streams. Some cultures use this insect in the cheese-making process.

The larvae feed on climbing grasses of the family Poaceae.

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Wikidata ☰ Q4766091 entry