Platylesches langa

Platylesches langa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Platylesches
Species:	P. langa
Binomial name
Platylesches langa Evans, 1937[1]
Synonyms
Platylesches ayresii langa Evans, 1937

Platylesches langa, the dark peppered hopper or irrorated hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), southern Tanzania, Malawi, eastern Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

References

1. "Platylesches Holland, 1896" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae