Gorgyra mocquerysii

Gorgyra mocquerysii, or Mocquery's leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and riparian vegetation.

Gorgyra mocquerysii
Gorgyra mocquerysii figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Gorgyra
Species:
G. mocquerysii
Binomial name
Gorgyra mocquerysii

References
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  1. Gorgyra, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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