| Pardaleodes fan | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pardaleodes |
| Species: | P. fan |
| Binomial name | |
| Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894) | |
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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.[1] 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.
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