Gretna waga
| Gretna waga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Gretna |
| Species: | G. waga |
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| Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)[1] | |
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Gretna waga, the common crepuscular skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests and open areas in the forest zone.
Adults have been recorded feeding on the nectar of asclepiad flowers.
The larvae feed on Elaeis guineense.
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