Platylesches picanini

Banded hopper
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Platylesches
Species:
P. picanini
Binomial name
Platylesches picanini
(Holland, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara picanini Holland, 1894
  • Pamphila grandiplaga Mabille, 1891
  • Platylesches goetzei Grünberg, 1907
  • Pamphila junodi Oberthür, 1909

Platylesches picanini, the banded hopper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, south-western Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (the Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga).[2] The habitat consists of forests, riparian vegetation along river courses, woodland, dry forests and Guinea savanna.

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.[3] These skippers have brown on the uppersides with small white spots on the forewings and small yellow median dashes on the hindwings. The underside wings are black with broad white or yellow median bands, as suggested by the common name.[3] Flight period is from January to May and June to August, with two broods.[3] Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers, including those of Eupatorium species and teak.

References

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  1. ^ Platylesches Archived 2012-04-16 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  3. ^ a b c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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