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Kedestes barberae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Genus
  
Kedestes

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Tribe
  
Erionotini

Scientific name
  
Kedestes barberae

Rank
  
Species

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Kedestes, Chrysoritis thysbe, Butterflies and moths, Stygionympha, Chrysoritis

Kedestes barberae, or Barber's ranger, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in southern Africa, from the Cape Province to Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Transvaal, the Orange Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is 26–33 mm for males and 29–38 mm for females. Subspecies K. b. bunta has one generation per year, with adults on wing in September. The other subspecies are on wing from October to November and from February to April in two generations.

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica.

Subspecies

  • Kedestes barberae barberae (south-western Tanzania, Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province)
  • Kedestes barberae bonsa Evans, 1956 (dry grassland of north-western East Cape and south-eastern North Cape)
  • Kedestes barberae bunta Evans, 1956 (in fynbos on coastal dunes on the Cape Peninsula and the Cape Flats as well as the West Cape)

    • References

    Kedestes barberae Wikipedia
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