Fresna cojo

Fresna cojo, the large acraea skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier open forests and transitional areas into Guinea savanna.

Fresna cojo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Fresna
Species:
F. cojo
Binomial name
Fresna cojo
(Karsch, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila (Hesperia) cojo Karsch, 1893

Adults have been recorded on the flowers of Tagetes species.

The larvae feed on Anthonotha crassifolia, Albizia zygia, Andira inermis and Millettia thoningi.

References
  1. Fresna at funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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