Dotta stellata

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Spangled sylph
Spangled Sylph - Astictopterus stellata mineni, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique (43106203021).jpg
At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dotta
Species:
D. stellata
Binomial name
Dotta stellata
(Mabille, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia stellataMabille, 1891
  • Cyclopides mineniTrimen, 1894
  • Astictopterus stellata(Mabille, 1891)

Dotta stellata, the spangled sylph, spotted sylph or spangled skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Asystasia species.

Subspecies

References

  1. Astictopterus, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae