Eretis lugens

Eretis lugens, commonly known as the savanna elf, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, northern Guinea, northern Sierra Leone, Liberia, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of Sudan savanna, open Guinea savanna, forest margins, forests and dense woodland.

Eretis lugens
Eretis lugens figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eretis
Species:	E. lugens
Binomial name
Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
Pterygospidea lugens Rogenhofer, 1891 Pterygospidea morosa Rogenhofer, 1891

The larvae feed on Asystasia schimperi, Asystasia coromandeliana, Justicia lukepiensis, Dyschoriste perrotetetti and Barleria species.