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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gorgyra afikpo, the large leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. 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.
Gorgyra afikpo | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Gorgyra |
Species: | G. afikpo |
Binomial name | |
Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909[1] | |
The larvae feed on Connarus thonningii and Dichapetalum guineense.