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Gretnini
''Gretna'' is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only genus in the monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ... tribe Gretnini. Species *'' Gretna balenge'' (Holland, 1891) *'' Gretna bugoma'' Evans, 1947 *'' Gretna carmen'' Evans, 1937 *'' Gretna cylinda'' (Hewitson, 1876) *'' Gretna lacida'' (Hewitson, 1876) *'' Gretna leakeyi'' Collins & Larsen, 1995 *'' Gretna waga'' (Plötz, 1886) *'' Gretna zaremba'' (Plötz, 1884) References Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80 External links Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by William Harry Evans Taxa described in 1937 {{Hesperiinae-stub ...
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Gretna Waga
''Gretna waga'', also known as the common crepuscular skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests and open areas in the forest zone. Adults have been recorded feeding on the nectar of Asclepiadoideae, asclepiad flowers. The larvae feed on ''Elaeis guineense''. References

Butterflies described in 1886 Erionotini Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Carl Plötz {{Erionotini-stub ...
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