Monza alberti

Monza alberti, the black grass skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests, including degraded and riverine forests that penetrate Guinea savanna.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Hesperiidae

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Monza alberti
male, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Monza
Species:	M. alberti
Binomial name
Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
Baoris alberti Holland, 1896 Parnara entebbea Swinhoe, 1909 Baoris alberti ab. bibundicana Strand, 1913 Baoris alberti ab. alenicola Strand, 1913

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Adults are attracted to the flowers of acanthaceous plants.

The larvae feed on Pennisetum species.