Xanthodisca rega

Xanthodisca rega, the yellow-disk skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of wet and dry forests and secondary growth.

Xanthodisca rega
Xanthodisca rega figure 20
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Xanthodisca
Species:
X. rega
Binomial name
Xanthodisca rega
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila rega Mabille, 1890
  • Osmodes staudingeri Holland, 1896
  • Pardaleodes sierrae Holland, 1896
  • Xanthodisca vibius rega f. evansi Picard, 1949

The larvae feed on Aframomum sceptrum.

References
  1. Xanthodisca at funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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