Biology:Gorgyra aretina
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Gorgyra |
| Species: | G. aretina
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| Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)[1]
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Gorgyra aretina, the blotched leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males mud-puddle.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gorgyra aretina. |
Wikidata ☰ Q5586375 entry
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