Platylesches larseni
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| Family: | Hesperiidae
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| Species: | P. larseni
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| Platylesches larseni Kielland, 1992[1]
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Platylesches larseni is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Tanzania (the Mpanda District).[2] The habitat consists of riverine forests at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 1,600 meters.
Adults males mud-puddle and feed from bird droppings. Adults are on wing from July to August.
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- ^ "Platylesches Holland, 1896" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Categories:
- Endemic fauna of Tanzania
- Butterflies described in 1992
- Erionotini
- Erionotini stubs