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Xanthodisca rega

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Species of butterfly

Xanthodisca rega
Xanthodisca rega figure 20
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Xanthodisca
Species: X. rega
Binomial name
Xanthodisca rega
(Mabille, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila rega Mabille, 1890
  • Osmodes staudingeri Holland, 1896
  • Pardaleodes sierrae Holland, 1896
  • Xanthodisca vibius rega f. evansi Picard, 1949

Xanthodisca rega, the yellow-disk skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon. The habitat consists of wet and dry forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Aframomum sceptrum.

References

  1. Xanthodisca at funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Taxon identifiers
Xanthodisca rega


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