Platylesches affinissima

Platylesches affinissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Platylesches
Species: P. affinissima
Binomial name
Platylesches affinissima
Strand, 1921[1]

Platylesches affinissima, the Bashful Hopper or Affinity Hopper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, north-western Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.

Adults feed from the flowers of trees and shrubs. They are on wing year round, but are most common from May to August.

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