Chondrolepis niveicornis

Chondrolepis niveicornis, the snow-horned nightfighter or common snow-horned skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of damp and marshy areas, stream banks and tall grass at the edges of submontane forests.

Chondrolepis niveicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Chondrolepis
Species:
C. niveicornis
Binomial name
Chondrolepis niveicornis
(Plötz, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia niveicornis Plötz, 1883
  • Pamphila murga Mabille, 1890
  • Pamphila chirala Trimen, 1894
  • Perichares albicornis Butler, 1896
  • Kedestes mirandus Butler, 1902

Adults are attracted to flowers. They are on wing in September and from January to May.

The larvae feed on Panicum deustum and Imperata cylindrica.

Subspecies
  • Chondrolepis niveicornis niveicornis (Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
  • Chondrolepis niveicornis pseudonero Berger, 1984 (Ethiopia)

References
  1. Chondrolepis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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