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Gorgyra afikpo

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Gorgyra afikpo
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G. afikpo
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Gorgyra afikpo
Druce, 1909[1]

Gorgyra afikpo, the large leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Connarus thoningi and Dichapetalum guineense.

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