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[Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe)]
Proteides shelleyi Sharpe, 1890: 349 (Fantee). =Proteides galua Holland, 1891a: 3 (Ogove). = Hesperia zintgraffi Karsch, 1892a: 178 (Cameroon).
This skipper, represented in the collection of Carnegie Museum by specimens from Cameroon, Gabon and Uganda, is to be expected in Liberia on the basis of Evans' (1937: 144) records from Guinea and Ghana.
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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

Gamia shelleyi

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

The larvae feed on Borassus, Phoenix, Raphia and Dracena species.

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  1. ^ Gamia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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Gamia shelleyi: Brief Summary

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

The larvae feed on Borassus, Phoenix, Raphia and Dracena species.

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