Prosopalpus styla

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

Prosopalpus styla, the Widespread Dwarf Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of marshy open areas in savanna and forests.

Adults males are known to mud-puddle.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

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