Biology:Platylesches batangae
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Platylesches batangae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Hesperiidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Platylesches |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">P. batangae |
| Binomial name | |
| Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)[1]
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Platylesches batangae, the Batanga hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Angola, the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and possibly Nigeria.[2]
The larvae feed on Parinari congensis and Parinari polyandra.
References
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- ↑ "Platylesches Holland, 1896" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Wikidata ☰ Q7202623 entry
