| Gretna carmen | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Gretna |
| Species: | G. carmen |
| Binomial name | |
| Gretna carmen Evans, 1937[1] | |
Gretna carmen, commonly known as the violet crepuscular skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
The larvae feed on Raphia fanoidra, Phoenix, Borassus and Cocus species.
Subspecies
- Gretna carmen carmen (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
- Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937 (coast of Kenya, Tanzania: coast to the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia)
References
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- ↑ Gretna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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