Zenonia zeno
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Zenonia |
| Species: | Z. zeno |
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| Zenonia zeno | |
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Zenonia zeno, the orange-spotted skipper, orange-spotted bellboy or common bellboy, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to eastern Africa and to Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests and coastal bush.[2]
Larvae feed on various grasses, but also on Gramineae species, including cultivated maize and sorghums.
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- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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