Meza leucophaea

Meza leucophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Meza
Species: M. leucophaea
Binomial name
Meza leucophaea
(Holland, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara leucophaea Holland, 1894

Meza leucophaea, the Margined Missile, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the blossoms of a low-growing species of Pterocarpus.

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References

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