Zenonia zeno

Zenonia zeno
Zenonia zeno figure 6
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Zenonia
Species:	Z. zeno
Binomial name
Zenonia zeno (Trimen, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
Pamphila zeno Trimen, 1864 Pamphila splendens Mabille, 1877 Hesperia coanza Plötz, 1883 Padraona watsoni Butler, 1894 Padraona zeno var. zenides Strand, 1918

Zenonia zeno, the orange-spotted skipper, orange-spotted bellboy or common bellboy, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to eastern Africa and to Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests and coastal bush.^[2]

Larvae feed on various grasses, but also on Gramineae species, including cultivated maize and sorghums.

References

1. Zenonia, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae