Platylesches chamaeleon

Platylesches chamaeleon, the chamaeleon hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Niger.[2] The habitat probably consists of forests and gallery forests.

Platylesches chamaeleon
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P. chamaeleon
Binomial name
Platylesches chamaeleon
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila chamaeleon Mabille, 1891

Subspecies

  • Platylesches chamaeleon chamaeleon (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Zambia, possibly Niger)
  • Platylesches chamaeleon tero Evans, 1937 (western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
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