Meza banda

Meza banda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Meza
Species: M. banda
Binomial name
Meza banda
(Evans, 1937)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gastrochaeta banda Evans, 1937

Meza banda, the dark three-spot missile, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests and mature secondary growth.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

References

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