Biology:Platylesches batangae

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Platylesches batangae
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Platylesches batangae
(Holland, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara batangae Holland, 1894

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

Wikidata ☰ Q7202623 entry