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| taxon = Platylesches rossii
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = Belcastro, 1986<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/platylesches/ "''Platylesches'' Holland, 1896"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Hesperiidae]]
| genus = ''[[Platylesches]]''
| species = '''''P. rossii'''''
| binomial = ''Platylesches rossii''
| binomial_authority = Belcastro, 1986<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/platylesches/ "''Platylesches'' Holland, 1896"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
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'''''Platylesches rossii''''', the '''Loma hopper''', is a [[butterfly]] in the [[Hesperiidae]] family. It is found in [[Senegal]], [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Ghana]].<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_hesperiinae_2.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae]</ref> The habitat probably consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
'''''Platylesches rossii''''', the '''Loma hopper''', is a [[butterfly]] in the family [[Hesperiidae]]. It is found in [[Senegal]], [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Ghana]].<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_hesperiinae_2.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae]</ref> The habitat probably consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.


Adult males [[Mud-puddling|mud-puddle]].
Adult males [[Mud-puddling|mud-puddle]].
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[[Category:Insects described in 1986]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1986]]
[[Category:Erionotini]]
[[Category:Erionotini]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Africa]]





Latest revision as of 19:58, 10 October 2024

Platylesches rossii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Platylesches
Species:
P. rossii
Binomial name
Platylesches rossii
Belcastro, 1986[1]

Platylesches rossii, the Loma hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat probably consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.

Adult males mud-puddle.

References

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  1. ^ "Platylesches Holland, 1896" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae