TL: Cameroon: “Camerun”
Habitat
- Forest edges
- Woodland
28 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishForest Grizzled Skipper
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Malvaceae Triumfetta Malvaceae Triumfetta rhomboidea Diamond burbark
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Hesperia ploetzi Aurivillius, 1891 Spialia ploetzi Aurivillius, 1891
- Subspecies
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Species Author Ernsta (E.) ploetzi occidentalis (de Jong, 1977) Ernsta (E.) ploetzi ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)
- Ernsta (E.) ploetzi is a member of the clade Spialia dromus:
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Species Author Ernsta (E.) dromus (Plötz, 1884) Ernsta (E.) paula (Higgins, 1925) Ernsta (E.) ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) Ernsta (E.) secessus (Trimen, 1891) Ernsta (E.) wrefordi (Evans, 1951)
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database
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 | Extinct |
 | Extinct in the wild |
 | Critically endangered |
 | Endangered |
 | Vulnerable |
 | Near Threatened |
 | Least Concern |
 | Lower Risk |
 | Legally protected |
 | CITES |