| Ploetzia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Megathymini |
| Genus: | Ploetzia Saalmüller, 1884 |
| Species: | P. amygdalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ploetzia amygdalis (Mabille, 1877) | |
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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. The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.
