Sarangesa astrigera

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White-speckled elfin
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. astrigera
Binomial name
Sarangesa astrigera
Butler, 1894 [1]
Synonyms
  • Sarangesa neaveiRiley, 1921

Sarangesa astrigera, commonly known as the white-speckled elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is mostly found in Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga Province), Zambia, Malawi and northern Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are on wing year round. There are distinct seasonal forms.

References

  1. ↑ Sarangesa, funet.fi
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-14.


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