Gorgyra aretina, the blotched leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Gorgyra aretina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species:
G. aretina
Binomial name
Gorgyra aretina
(Hewitson, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia aretina Hewitson, 1878
  • Apaustus dolus Plötz, 1879
  • Gastrochaeta albiventris Mabille; Holland, 1896
  • Gorgyra aretina var. aretinodes Strand, 1913

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males mud-puddle.

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