Biology:Meza leucophaea
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Meza leucophaea (Holland, 1894)[1]
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Meza leucophaea, the margined missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding from the blossoms of a low-growing species of Pterocarpus.
Subspecies
- Meza leucophaea leucophaea (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon)
- Meza leucophaea bassa Lindsey & Miller, 1965 (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
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- ↑ Meza at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Wikidata ☰ Q6826602 entry
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