Borbo fatuellus

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Borbo fatuellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Borbo
Species:
B. fatuellus
Binomial name
Borbo fatuellus
(Hopffer, 1855) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila fatuellusHopffer, 1855
  • Pamphila cinereaHolland, 1892
  • Hesperia caffrariaPlötz, 1883
  • Pamphila dolensMabille, 1898
  • Baoris fatuellus thomeaEvans, 1937

Borbo fatuellus, the long horned swift, long horned skipper or foolish swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia. The habitat consists of wet forests, moist woodland and coastal bush.

The wingspan is 33–42 mm for males and 40–43 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, but are more common from October to May in southern Africa. [2]

The larvae feed on Ehrharta erecta , Setaria sulcata , Setaria megaphylla , Imperata cylindrica , Pennisetum , Panicum and Digitaria species.

Subspecies

References

  1. Borbo at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.