Zenonia zeno

Zenonia zeno
Zenonia zeno figure 6
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Zenonia
Species:
Z. zeno
Binomial name
Zenonia zeno
(Trimen, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila zeno Trimen, 1864
  • Pamphila splendens Mabille, 1877
  • Hesperia coanza Plötz, 1883
  • Padraona watsoni Butler, 1894
  • Padraona zeno var. zenides Strand, 1918

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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