Prosopalpus styla
Prosopalpus styla, the widespread dwarf skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of marshy open areas in savanna and forests.
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Adults males are known to mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
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