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Parosmodes morantii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Parosmodes morantii

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Parosmodes

Rank
  
Species

Parosmodes morantii, the Morant's skipper or Morant's orange, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and from western Kenya to Ghana.

The wingspan is 28–31 mm for males and 33-35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from July to early October and from December to May in a stronger summer brood (with a peak from February to March). There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Combretum species (including Combretum queinzii and Combretum molle), Bridelia species (including Bridelia micrantha), Quisqualis, Terminalia and Syzygium cordatum.

Subspecies

  • Parosmodes morantii morantii (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937 (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
  • References

    Parosmodes morantii Wikipedia