Meza mabillei

Meza mabillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Meza
Species: M. mabillei
Binomial name
Meza mabillei
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gastrochaeta mabillei Holland, 1893

Meza mabillei, Mabille's three-spot missile, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

References

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


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