Biology:Xanthodisca rega
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| Species: | X. rega
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| Xanthodisca rega (Mabille, 1890)[1]
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Xanthodisca rega, the yellow-disk skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of wet and dry forests and secondary growth.
The larvae feed on Aframomum sceptrum.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q8043019 entry
