Kedestes

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Kedestes
Watson, 1893 [1]
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Kedestes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, commonly known as rangers. The genus is restricted to the Afrotropical realm, where it occurs mostly in the East and South. The larvae of several species feed on grasses. It is thought to be related to Ampittia . [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Watson, E. Y. (1893). "A proposed Classification of the Hesperiidæ, with a Revision of the Genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 61 (1): 96. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1893.tb01791.x.
  2. ↑ Williams, Mark C. (4 March 2022). "Afrotropical Butterflies: Genus Kedestes Watson, 1893" (PDF). metamorphosis.org.za. Retrieved 27 June 2022.


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