| Prosopalpus styla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Prosopalpus |
| Species: | P. styla
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| Binomial name | |
| Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
[1]
| |
Prosopalpus styla, the widespread dwarf skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of marshy open areas in savanna and forests.
Adults males are known to mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References
| Prosopalpus styla | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Prosopalpus |
| Species: | P. styla
|
| Binomial name | |
| Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
[1]
| |
Prosopalpus styla, the widespread dwarf skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of marshy open areas in savanna and forests.
Adults males are known to mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References