Ploetzia

Ploetzia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Ploetzia; Saalmüller, 1884
Species:	P. amygdalis
Binomial name
	Ploetzia amygdalis; (Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
	Genus: Systole Mabille, 1885; Species: Hesperia amygdalis Mabille, 1877; Proteides madagascariensis Staudinger; Mabille, 1887;

Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar.^[2] The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.

The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.

References

^ Ploetzia at funet.fi
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae – Subfamily Hesperiinae

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[1] Ploetzia at funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae – Subfamily Hesperiinae

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