Platylesches_affinissima

<i>Platylesches affinissima</i>

Platylesches affinissima

Species of butterfly

Platylesches affinissima, the bashful hopper or affinity hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, north-western Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.

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Adults feed from the flowers of trees and shrubs. They are on wing year round, but are most common from May to August.

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  1. [1]
    "Platylesches Holland, 1896" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. [2]
    Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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