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Kedestes nerva

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Kedestes nerva

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Erionotini

Rank
  
Species

Kedestes nerva, the scarce ranger or scarce skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Angola and north-western Zambia.

The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 33-36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November and from February to April. There are two generations per year.

Subspecies

  • Kedestes nerva nerva (South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Kedestes nerva paola (Plötz, 1884) (Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, north-western Zambia)
  • References

    Kedestes nerva Wikipedia