Meza mabea

Meza mabea, the dark brown missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests.

Meza mabea
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M. mabea
Binomial name
Meza mabea
(Holland, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara mabea Holland, 1894

The larvae feed on Dalbergia heudelotti, Dalbergia oblongifolia and Baphia pubescens.

References

  1. Meza at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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