Meza meza

Meza meza
Meza meza figure 12
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Meza
Species: M. meza
Binomial name
Meza meza
(Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia meza Hewitson, 1877
  • Apaustus batea Plötz, 1879
  • Pamphila bubovi Karsch, 1893
  • Gastrochaeta varia Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Baoris ogrugana Lathy, 1903

Meza meza, the common missile, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed and successional forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.

References

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  1. ↑ Meza at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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