Osmodes omar
Species of butterfly
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Osmodes omar, the obsolete white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.[2][3][4] The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1916.[1][2][3] It is widespread in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa (found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, 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).[3]
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| Osmodes omar | |
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| Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Osmodes |
| Species: | O. omar |
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| Osmodes omar | |
The habitat consists of forests but also open degraded areas. The larvae feed on several species of Marantaceae: Marantochloa cuspidata, Thalia welwitschii, and Thaumatococcus daniellii.[3]