Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Xanthodisca | |
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Similar Euriphene, Bebearia, Mylothris, Anthene, Euphaedra | ||
Xanthodisca rega, the yellow-disk skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. 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
Xanthodisca rega Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA