Zophopetes nobilior

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Noble nightfighter
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Z. nobilior, female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Zophopetes
Species:
Z. nobilior
Binomial name
Zophopetes nobilior
(Holland, 1896) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ploetzia nobiliorHolland, 1896

Zophopetes nobilior, commonly known as the noble nightfighter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Gabon, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. [2] In Kenya the introduced coconut has been recorded as food plant. [3] Like other species in its genus, the imago has crepuscular habits. It is known to feed from flowers at dawn. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Zophopetes at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
  3. 1 2 Williams, Mark C. (2015). Afrotropical Butterflies, 14th edition: Genus Zophopetes Mabille, 1904 – *Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896) (PDF). metamorphosis.org.za. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2021.


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