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Gorgyra subfacatus

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Gorgyra subfacatus
Gorgyra subfacatus figure 11
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species:
G. subfacatus
Binomial name
Gorgyra subfacatus
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cobalus subfacatus Mabille, 1890

Gorgyra subfacatus, the ochreous leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers, such as those of Lantana species.

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