Spialia ploetzi
Spialia ploetzi | |
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Spialia ploetzi figures 52, 53 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Spialia |
Species: | S. ploetzi |
Binomial name | |
Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Spialia ploetzi, the forest grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.
Subspecies
- Spialia ploetzi ploetzi (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977 (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
Etymology
The name honours Carl Plötz.
References
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