Gorgyra mocquerysii

Gorgyra mocquerysii
Gorgyra mocquerysii figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species: G. mocquerysii
Binomial name
Gorgyra mocquerysii
Holland, 1896[1]

Gorgyra mocquerysii, Mocquery’s Leaf Sitter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and riparian vegetation.

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