Gretna waga

Gretna waga, also known as the common crepuscular skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso^[2], Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[3] The habitat consists of forests and open areas in the forest zone.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Gretna waga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Gretna
Species:	G. waga
Binomial name
Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
Telesto waga Plötz, 1886 Hesperia ilerda Möschler, 1887

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Adults have been recorded feeding on the nectar of asclepiad flowers.

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineense.