Meza leucophaea, the margined missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding from the blossoms of a low-growing species of Pterocarpus.
Subspecies Meza leucophaea leucophaea (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon) Meza leucophaea bassa Lindsey & Miller, 1965 (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
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