Prosopalpus styla

Prosopalpus styla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  1. ^ Prosopalpus, funet.fi
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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