Meza indusiata, the snowy missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Meza indusiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Meza
Species:
M. indusiata
Binomial name
Meza indusiata
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypoleucis indusiata Mabille, 1891
  • Acleros kasai Druce, 1909
  • Acleros kasai ab. dualensis Strand, 1914

The larvae feed on Hugonia platysepala.

References

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