Platylesches shona

Platylesches shona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Platylesches
Species: P. shona
Binomial name
Platylesches shona
Evans, 1937[1]

Platylesches shona, the Shona Hopper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba), Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Namibia.[2]

Adults are on wing from July to October and again from March to May, probably in two generations per year.

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