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Kedestes lenis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Kedestes lenis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Erionotini

Rank
  
Species

Kedestes lenis, the unique ranger, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 26–31 mm for males and 29-35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to March (with a peak in spring for subspecies K. l. lenis and in midsummer for subspecies K. l. alba). There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Imperata arundinacea.

Subspecies

  • Kedestes lenis lenis (Strandfontein east of Muizenberg in West Cape)
  • Kedestes lenis alba Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997 (mountains in northern East Cape and Orange Free State, then along the south-eastern foothills of the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal)

    • References

    Kedestes lenis Wikipedia
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