Osmodes Holland , 1892

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Osmodes Holland, 1892

This primarily West African genus was reviewed by Miller (1964) and subsequently updated ( Miller 1971), so that 15 species are now recognised ( Ackery et al. 1995, Larsen 2005). There is information on the food plants of four species, all of which feed on Marantaceae ( Table 1 ), but no other information has been published on the early stages. Adults occur along forest edges and in shady forest, perch low down, and sunbathe ( Figure 31 ).

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FIGURE 31. Adult male Osmodes thora (Plötz) sunbathing, Forêt du Yapo, Côte d’Ivoire, 4 Dec 1988.