Ankola fan

Ankola is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Ankola fan, the Ankole skipper, which is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and thick vegetation bordering streams. Some cultures use this insect in the cheese-making process.

Ankola fan
Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary
Kibale Forest, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Tribe:
Erionotini
Genus:
Ankola

Evans, 1937[1]
Species:
A. fan
Binomial name
Ankola fan
(Holland, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Osmodes fan Holland, 1894
  • Pardaleodes kamagamba Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Pardaleodes scalaris Grünberg, 1910

The larvae feed on climbing grasses of the family Poaceae.

References
  1. Ankola at funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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