Ploetzia

Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.

Ploetzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Tribe:
Erionotini
Genus:
Ploetzia

Species:
P. amygdalis
Binomial name
Ploetzia amygdalis
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Systole Mabille, 1885

Species:

  • Hesperia amygdalis Mabille, 1877
  • Proteides madagascariensis Staudinger; Mabille, 1887

The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.

References
  1. Ploetzia at funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae – Subfamily Hesperiinae


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