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Gorgyra diversata

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Gorgyra diversata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gorgyra
Species:
G. diversata
Binomial name
Gorgyra diversata
Evans, 1937[1]
Synonyms
  • Gorgyra aburae var. diversata Holland, 1896

Gorgyra diversata, the dark leaf sitter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (from the western part of the country to Bwamba) and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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