Gretna balenge
| Gretna balenge | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Gretna |
| Species: | G. balenge |
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| Gretna balenge (Holland, 1891)[1] | |
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Gretna balenge, the Giant Crepuscular Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of all areas where suitable palms grow.
Adults are attracted to various kinds of foul substance.
The larvae feed on Raphia farinifera and Eremospatha species.
Subspecies
- Gretna balenge balenge (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)
- Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey & Miller, 1965 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
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