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Monza alberti

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Monza alberti
Monza alberti figure 21
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M. alberti
Binomial name
Monza alberti
(Holland, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Baoris alberti Holland, 1896
  • Parnara entebbea Swinhoe, 1909
  • Baoris alberti ab. bibundicana Strand, 1913
  • Baoris alberti ab. alenicola Strand, 1913

Monza alberti, the black grass skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including degraded and riverine forests that penetrate Guinea savanna.

Adults are attracted to the flowers of acanthaceous plants.

The larvae feed on Pennisetum species.

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