| Zenonia zeno | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Zenonia |
| Species: | Z. zeno |
| Binomial name | |
| Zenonia zeno (Trimen, 1864)[1] |
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The Orange-spotted Skipper or Orange-spotted Bellboy (Zenonia zeno) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to eastern Africa and to Nigeria.
Adults are brown with extensive orange markings. The whole of the forewing cell and the hindwing discal band are orange.
Larvae feed on various grasses, but also on Gramineae species, including cultivated maize and sorghums.