Biology:Meza meza

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Meza meza
Common missile (Meza meza) underside.jpg
in Ghana
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M. meza
Binomial name
Meza meza
(Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia meza Hewitson, 1877
  • Apaustus batea Plötz, 1879
  • Pamphila bubovi Karsch, 1893
  • Gastrochaeta varia Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Baoris ogrugana Lathy, 1903

Meza meza, the common missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed and successional forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.

References

  1. Meza at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

Wikidata ☰ Q13779285 entry