Biology:Platylesches affinissima

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Platylesches affinissima
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Platylesches
Species:
P. affinissima
Binomial name
Platylesches affinissima
Strand, 1921[1]

Platylesches affinissima, the bashful hopper or affinity hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, north-western Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.

Adults feed from the flowers of trees and shrubs. They are on wing year round, but are most common from May to August.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7202622 entry