Gorgyra bibulus (original) (raw)
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Species of butterfly
| Gorgyra bibulus | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Gorgyra |
| Species: | G. bibulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gorgyra bibulusRiley, 1929[1] |
Gorgyra bibulus is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu and Shaba), western Uganda, central Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Drypetes gerrardii and Rourea thomsonii.