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Monza punctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Monza
Species:	M. punctata
Binomial name
Monza punctata (Aurivillius, 1910)
Synonyms
Baoris alberti var. punctata Aurivillius, 1910 Monza cretacea crona Evans, 1937 Monza cretacea punctata f. canda Evans, 1937 Monza cretacea crola Evans, 1937 Monza cretacea crola f. candia Evans, 1937 Monza cretacea crosa Evans, 1937

Monza punctata is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae possibly feed on Pennisetum species.

Subspecies

• Monza punctata punctata (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, eastern Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
• Monza punctata crola Evans, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

References

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

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• Butterflies described in 1910
• Erionotini
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
• Erionotini stubs