Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Acleros mackenii | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acleros Rank Species | |
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Similar Junonia terea, Lachnocnema, Bicyclus safitza, Charaxes etesipe, Coeliades | ||
Acleros mackenii, the Macken's skipper or Macken's dart, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and in Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is 27–32 mm for males and 29-33 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round but are more common in late summer, autumn and winter than in the hotter midsummer months.
The larvae feed on Rhus species (including Rhus corarius) and Acridocarpus species (including Acridocarpus smeathmanni).
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