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Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland (Fig. 39, 8 genitalia)
Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896: 33; pi. 5, fig. 10 (French Congo).
With respect to its genitalia mocquerysii is the most distinctive member of the genus; the foreshortened uncus cannot be confused. It was recorded by Evans (1937: 93) from Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Angola and Uganda; Berger (1962: 452) reported a specimen from Ivory Coast.
Liberian records: Liberia, W. Africa, 1 c5 (Naysmith); Harbel, 1 8, III (Fox).
There is one other specimen in Carnegie Museum from Gabon.
- bibliographic citation
- 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
