Meza leucophaea

Meza leucophaea, the margined missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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

Adults have been recorded feeding from the blossoms of a low-growing species of Pterocarpus.

Subspecies

  • Meza leucophaea leucophaea (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon)
  • Meza leucophaea bassa Lindsey & Miller, 1965 (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
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References

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


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