Gretna carmen

Gretna carmen, the violet crepuscular skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

Gretna carmen
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G. carmen
Binomial name
Gretna carmen
Evans, 1937[1]

The larvae feed on Raphia fanoidra, Phoenix, Borassus and Cocus species.

Subspecies

  • Gretna carmen carmen (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
  • Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937 (coast of Kenya, Tanzania: coast to the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia)
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References

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


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