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Acleros ploetzi

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Acleros ploetzi
Acleros ploetzi figure 7
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Acleros
Species:
A. ploetzi
Binomial name
Acleros ploetzi
Synonyms
  • Apaustus leucopygus Plötz, 1879

Acleros ploetzi, the Ploetz's dart or Ploetz's dusky skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and along the coast, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including secondary growth.

Adults are on wing from July to August and again from February to May.

The larvae feed on Vigna unguiculata.

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Acleros ploetzi.
  1. ^ Acleros at funet.fi
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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