Platylesches batangae

Platylesches batangae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Platylesches
Species: P. batangae
Binomial name
Platylesches batangae
(Holland, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara batangae Holland, 1894

Platylesches batangae, the Batanga hopper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Angola, the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and possibly Nigeria.[2]

The larvae feed on Parinari congensis and Parinari polyandra.

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