Gorgyra sara

Gorgyra sara, the common leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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

The larvae feed on Cnestis ferruginea.

References
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  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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