Fresna netopha

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Fresna netopha, the common Acraea skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-eastern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier, open forests and the transitional zone between forests and Guinea savanna.

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Fresna netopha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Fresna
Species:
F. netopha
Binomial name
Fresna netopha
(Hewitson, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia netopha Hewitson, 1878
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Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Afrormosia laxiflora.

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