Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gorgyra | |
Similar Meza, Gretna balenge, Sevenia occidentalium, Andronymus neander, Tuxentius carana |
Gorgyra mocquerysii, or Mocquery's leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and riparian vegetation.
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