Monza alberti

Monza alberti, the black grass skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including degraded and riverine forests that penetrate Guinea savanna.

Monza alberti
Figure 21
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Monza
Species:
M. alberti
Binomial name
Monza alberti
(Holland, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Baoris alberti Holland, 1896
  • Parnara entebbea Swinhoe, 1909
  • Baoris alberti ab. bibundicana Strand, 1913
  • Baoris alberti ab. alenicola Strand, 1913

Adults are attracted to the flowers of acanthaceous plants.

The larvae feed on Pennisetum species.

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


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