Gorgyra afikpo

Species of butterfly

Gorgyra afikpo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species:
G. afikpo
Binomial name
Gorgyra afikpo
Druce, 1909[1]

Gorgyra afikpo, the large leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Connarus thonningii and Dichapetalum guineense.

References

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  1. ^ Gorgyra, funet.fi
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Taxon identifiers
Gorgyra afikpo


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