Gretna carmen

Gretna carmen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gretna
Species: G. carmen
Binomial name
Gretna carmen
Evans, 1937[1]

Gretna carmen, the violet crepuscular skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

The larvae feed on Raphia fanoidra, Phoenix, Borassus and Cocus species.

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