Caenides dacena

Caenides dacena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Caenides
Species:	C. dacena
Binomial name
	Caenides dacena; (Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
	Hesperia dacena Hewitson, 1876; Hesperia corduba Hewitson, 1876; Proteides leucopogon Mabille, 1891; Proteides masiva Mabille and Vuillot, 1891;

Caenides dacena, the white-fringed recluse, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to the flowers of Costus species.

The larvae feed on Costus afer.

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