Monza cretacea

Monza cretacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Monza
Species:	M. cretacea
Binomial name
	Monza cretacea; (Snellen, 1872)
Synonyms
	Goniloba cretacea Snellen, 1872; Hesperia gonessa Hewitson, 1877; Pamphila leucosoma Mabille, 1877; Hesperia camerona Plötz, 1879; Hypoleucis cretacea var. ploetziana Strand, 1921; Acleros oldenburgi Neustetter, 1927;

Monza cretacea, the white-bodied grass skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of drier forests and secondary habitats and occasionally Guinea savanna.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

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Monza cretacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Monza
Species:	M. cretacea
Binomial name
*Monza cretacea* (Snellen, 1872)^[1]
Synonyms
Goniloba cretacea Snellen, 1872 Hesperia gonessa Hewitson, 1877 Pamphila leucosoma Mabille, 1877 Hesperia camerona Plötz, 1879 Hypoleucis cretacea var. ploetziana Strand, 1921 Acleros oldenburgi Neustetter, 1927