Caprona adelica
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Caprona adelica, the western ragged skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ghana, Togo, northern Nigeria, north-western Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), Malawi and possibly southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.
Adults feed from the flowers of Tridax species.
The larvae possibly feed on Grewia species
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