Gretna cylinda

Gretna cylinda
Gretna cylinda figure 12
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gretna
Species: G. cylinda
Binomial name
Gretna cylinda
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia cylinda Hewitson, 1876
  • Proteides ruralis Mabille; Holland, 1896

Gretna cylinda, the lesser crepuscular skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers, including those of Clerodendron splendens.

The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium braunianum, Thalia welwitschii and Marantochloa cuspidate.

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