Gorgyra sola

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Gorgyra sola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species:
G. sola
Binomial name
Gorgyra sola
Evans, 1937 [1]

Gorgyra sola, the rare leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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