Meza cybeutes

Meza cybeutes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Meza
Species:	M. cybeutes
Binomial name
*Meza cybeutes* (Holland, 1894)^[1]
Synonyms
Gastrochaeta cybeutes Holland, 1894 Gorgyra tessmanni Strand, 1913 (also listed as a synonym of Gorgyra rubescens) Gastrochaeta cybeutes pallida Evans, 1937 Gastrochaeta cybeutes var. pallida Holland, 1896

Meza cybeutes, the Drab Three-spot Missile, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Dichapetalum guineense.

Subspecies

Meza cybeutes cybeutes (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, central Democratic Republic of Congo)
Meza cybeutes pallida (Evans, 1937) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
Meza cybeutes volta Miller, 1971 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria)

References

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↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

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