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Gamia buchholzi Plötz 1879

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[Gamia buchholzi (Plotz)]
Hesperia buchholzi Plotz, 1879b: 354 (Aburi).
=Proteides ditissimus Mabille, 1891: 112 (Sierra Leone).
= Gangara (?) basistriga Holland, 1894a: 29; pi. 1, fig. 12 (Ogove).
= Gamia robustiis Holland, 1896: 85 (Mabille ms. name).
This species is expected to occur in Liberia on the strength of the type locality of ditissimus and Berger's (1962: 457) record of reared specimens from Ivory Coast. Specimens in Carnegie Museum are from Cameroon, Gabon and Uganda.
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Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA
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Gamia buchholzi

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Gamia buchholzi, commonly known as the grand skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Borassus aethiopum, Phoenix reclinata, Raphia monbuttorum, Raphia farinifera and Dracaena species (including Dracaena arborea).

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Gamia buchholzi: Brief Summary

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Gamia buchholzi, commonly known as the grand skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Borassus aethiopum, Phoenix reclinata, Raphia monbuttorum, Raphia farinifera and Dracaena species (including Dracaena arborea).

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