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Gorgyra aretina

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Gorgyra aretina
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G. aretina
Binomial name
Gorgyra aretina
(Hewitson, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia aretina Hewitson, 1878
  • Apaustus dolus Plötz, 1879
  • Gastrochaeta albiventris Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Gorgyra aretina var. aretinodes Strand, 1913

Gorgyra aretina, the blotched leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males mud-puddle.

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