Common orange sprite

Celaenorrhinus galenus

''Celaenorrhinus galenus'', the common orange sprite, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Ethiopia and to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes feed from flowers growing low down along forest paths, including those of ''Ipomoea palmata''. They are on wing from September onwards, becoming commoner in late autumn. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on ''Clerodendrum paniculatum'', ''Hypoestes'' and ''Justicia'' species.
Common Orange Sprite Butterfly (Celaenorrhinus galenus) at Semliki Common Orange Sprite (Celaenorrhinus galenus) seen at Semliki NP (Semuliki Forest), 10.07.2016 Butterfly,Celaenorrhinus galenus,Common Orange Sprite,Semliki National Park,Semuliki Forest,Uganda

Naming

*''Celaenorrhinus galenus galenus''
⤷ ''Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata''

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusCelaenorrhinus
SpeciesC. galenus
Photographed in
Uganda