Meza meza

Meza meza, the common missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed and successional forests.

Meza meza
in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Meza
Species:
M. meza
Binomial name
Meza meza
(Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia meza Hewitson, 1877
  • Apaustus batea Plötz, 1879
  • Pamphila bubovi Karsch, 1893
  • Gastrochaeta varia Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Baoris ogrugana Lathy, 1903

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.

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


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