Apallaga pooanus

Apallaga pooanus, commonly known as the Bitje sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the north-east to the Ituri Forest).^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Bitje sprite
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Apallaga
Species:	A. pooanus
Binomial name
Apallaga pooanus Aurivillius, 1910[1]
Synonyms
Celaenorrhinus bitjena Evans, 1937 Celaenorrhinus pooanus Aurivillius, 1910

Adults have been recorded feeding on flowers of Mussaenda species.