Gorgyra afikpo

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Gorgyra afikpo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species: G. afikpo
Binomial name
Gorgyra afikpo
Druce, 1909[1]

Gorgyra afikpo, the Large Leaf Sitter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Connarus thoningi and Dichapetalum guineense.

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