Monza (skipper)

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Monza
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Monza
Evans, 1937 [1]

Monza is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erionotini</span> Tribe of butterflies

The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.

<i>Monza alberti</i> Species of butterfly

Monza alberti, the black grass skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests, including degraded and riverine forests that penetrate Guinea savanna.

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References

  1. Monza at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms