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Eagris nottoana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Eagris nottoana

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eagris

Rank
  
Species

Eagris nottoana, the rufous-winged flat or rufous-winged elfin, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from South Africa to Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia and on Madagascar.

The wingspan is 35–42 mm for males and 39–43 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in summer and autumn.

The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis, Dombeya cymosa, Scutia commersoni, Scutia myrtina and Rinorea arborea.

Subspecies

  • Eagris nottoana nottoana (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape Province)
  • Eagris nottoana knysna Evans, 1946 (from the western to the eastern Cape in coastal Afromontane forests)
  • Eagris nottoana smithii (Mabille, [1887]) (south-western Madagascar)

    • References

    Eagris nottoana Wikipedia
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