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Platylesches shona

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Platylesches shona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Platylesches
Species:
P. shona
Binomial name
Platylesches shona
Evans, 1937[1]

Platylesches shona, the Shona hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Namibia.[2]

Adults are on wing from July to October and again from March to May, probably in two generations per year.

References

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