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Platylesches rossii

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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

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