Gamia shelleyi

Gamia shelleyi
Gamia shelleyi figure 1
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gamia
Species: G. shelleyi
Binomial name
Gamia shelleyi
(Sharpe, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Proteides shelleyi Sharpe, 1890
  • Proteides galua Holland, 1891
  • Hesperia zintgraffi Karsch, 1892

Gamia shelleyi, the Lesser Grand Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Borassus, Phoenix, Raphia and Dracena species.

References

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