Zophopetes nobilior
| Noble nightfighter | |
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| Z. nobilior, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Zophopetes |
| Species: | Z. nobilior
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| Binomial name | |
| Zophopetes nobilior | |
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Zophopetes nobilior, commonly known as the noble nightfighter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Gabon, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.[2] In Kenya the introduced coconut has been recorded as food plant.[3] Like other species in its genus, the imago has crepuscular habits. It is known to feed from flowers at dawn.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Zophopetes at funet.fi
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
- ^ a b Williams, Mark C. (2015). Afrotropical Butterflies, 14th edition: Genus Zophopetes Mabille, 1904 – *Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896) (PDF). metamorphosis.org.za. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2021.