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Platylesches langa

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Platylesches langa
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P. langa
Binomial name
Platylesches langa
Evans, 1937[1]
Synonyms
  • Platylesches ayresii langa Evans, 1937

Platylesches langa, the dark peppered hopper or irrorated hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), southern Tanzania, Malawi, eastern Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

References

  1. ^ "Platylesches Holland, 1896" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae