Kingdom Animalia Family Hesperiidae Genus Gretna Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Andronymus neander, Andronymus, Pseudacraea eurytus, Pseudacraea boisduvali, Charaxes fulvescens | ||
Gretna balenge, the giant crepuscular skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of all areas where suitable palms grow.
Adults are attracted to various kinds of foul substances.
The larvae feed on Raphia farinifera and Eremospatha species.
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