Prosopalpus debilis

Prosopalpus debilis, the western dwarf skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Ethiopia, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Prosopalpus debilis
Prosopalpus debilis figure 17
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Prosopalpus
Species:
P. debilis
Binomial name
Prosopalpus debilis
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Apaustus debilis Plötz, 1879
  • Cobalus duplex Mabille, 1890

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prosopalpus debilis.
Wikispecies has information related to Prosopalpus debilis.
  1. Prosopalpus, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.