Ploetzia

Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar.^[2] The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Hesperiidae

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Ploetzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Ploetzia Saalmüller, 1884
Species:	P. amygdalis
Binomial name
Ploetzia amygdalis (Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
Genus: Systole Mabille, 1885 Species: Hesperia amygdalis Mabille, 1877 Proteides madagascariensis Staudinger; Mabille, 1887

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The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.