Pardaleodes edipus

Pardaleodes edipus, the common pathfinder skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas in forests.

Pardaleodes edipus
female, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Pardaleodes
Species:	P. edipus
Binomial name
Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio edipus Stoll, 1781

Adult males are attracted to bird droppings.^{[citation needed]}