Gorgyra heterochrus

Gorgyra heterochrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species: G. heterochrus
Binomial name
Gorgyra heterochrus
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila heterochrus Mabille, 1890

Gorgyra heterochrus, the white-tufted leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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