Pardaleodes fan

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.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Hesperiidae

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Pardaleodes fan
Scientific classification
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)

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The larvae feed on climbing grasses of the family Poaceae.