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| species = '''''P. rossii'''''
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| binomial = ''Platylesches rossii''
| binomial = ''Platylesches rossii''
| binomial_authority = Belcastro, 1986<ref>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/platylesches/index.html ''Platylesches''] at funet.fi</ref>
| 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
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P. rossii
Binomial name
Platylesches rossii
Belcastro, 1986[1]

Platylesches rossii, the Loma hopper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. 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

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