Gamia shelleyi

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Gamia shelleyi
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Scientific classification
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Hesperiidae
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G. shelleyi
Binomial name
Gamia shelleyi
(Sharpe, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Proteides shelleyi Sharpe, 1890
  • Proteides galua Holland, 1891
  • Hesperia zintgraffi Karsch, 1892

Gamia shelleyi, the lesser grand skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Borassus, Phoenix, Raphia and Dracena species.

References[]

  1. ^ Gamia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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