Zenonia zeno
Species of butterfly
Zenonia zeno | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Zenonia |
Species: | Z. zeno |
Binomial name | |
Zenonia zeno (Trimen, 1864)[1] | |
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Zenonia zeno, the orange-spotted skipper, orange-spotted bellboy or common bellboy, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to eastern Africa and to Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests and coastal bush.[2]
Larvae feed on various grasses, but also on Gramineae species, including cultivated maize and sorghums.
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