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Gretna waga

Gretna waga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gretna
Species:
G. waga
Binomial name
Gretna waga
(Plötz, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Telesto waga Plötz, 1886
  • Hesperia ilerda Möschler, 1887

Gretna waga, also known as the common crepuscular skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests and open areas in the forest zone.

Adults have been recorded feeding on the nectar of asclepiad flowers.

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineense.

References

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  1. ^ Gretna at funet.fi
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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