Borbo fanta

Borbo fanta, the Fanta swift or twin-spot swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Kenya, Tanzania, central and northern Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and degraded forests.

Borbo fanta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Borbo
Species:
B. fanta
Binomial name
Borbo fanta
(Evans, 1937)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pelopidas fanta Evans, 1937
  • Pelopidas fanta barnesi Evans, 1949

The larvae feed on Bambusa vulgaris.

References
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  1. Borbo at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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