Grand Skipper

Gamia buchholzi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

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.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Grand Skipper

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