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Gamia shelleyi
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Gamia
Species:	G. shelleyi
Binomial name
Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
Synonyms
List Proteides shelleyi Sharpe, 1890 Proteides galua Holland, 1891 Hesperia zintgraffi Karsch, 1892

Gamia shelleyi, commonly known as the lesser grand skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Borassus, Phoenix, Raphia and Dracena species.

References

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

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