Biology:Gorgyra mocquerysii

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Gorgyra mocquerysii
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Gorgyra mocquerysii figure 10
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species:
G. mocquerysii
Binomial name
Gorgyra mocquerysii
Holland, 1896[1]

Gorgyra mocquerysii, or Mocquery's leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and riparian vegetation.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5586385 entry