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Zophopetes quaternata

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Species of butterfly

Zophopetes quaternata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Zophopetes
Species: Z. quaternata
Binomial name
Zophopetes quaternata
(Mabille, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila quaternata Mabille, 1876

Zophopetes quaternata, the western palm nightfighter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

The larvae feed on Phoenix reclinata.

References

  1. Zophopetes at funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Taxon identifiers
Zophopetes quaternata


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