Zophopetes quaternata

Zophopetes quaternata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Zophopetes
Species:
Z. quaternata
Binomial name
Zophopetes quaternata
(Mabille, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila quaternata Mabille, 1876

Zophopetes quaternata, the western palm nightfighter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2]

The larvae feed on Phoenix reclinata.

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


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