Gorgyra minima

Gorgyra minima
Gorgyra minima figure 24
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species: G. minima
Binomial name
Gorgyra minima
Holland, 1896[1]

Gorgyra minima, the minimal leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (from the west to the West Nile Province) and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including well-developed secondary growth, and Guinea savanna.

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