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Sarangesa seineri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Sarangesa seineri

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sarangesa

Rank
  
Species

Sarangesa seineri, the dusted elfin or dark elfin, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Natal, the former Transvaal and Botswana and from Zimbabwe to Kenya and Zaire.

The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, although they are scarcer in winter and the dry season.

The larvae feed on Peristrophe hensii.

Subspecies

  • Sarangesa seineri seineri (Kenya to Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa: north of Soutpansberg in Limpopo Province to northern Gauteng and northern Mpumalanga)
  • Sarangesa seineri durbana Evans, 1937 (Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga)

    • References

    Sarangesa seineri Wikipedia
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