Sarangesa laelius

Sarangesa laelius
as S.synestalmenus Karsch, 1893 e
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. laelius
Binomial name
Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877) [1]
Synonyms
List Pterygospidea laeliusMabille, 1877 Sarangesa synestalmenusKarsch, 1893 Sarangesa tristisRebel, 1914 Sarangesa laelioidesRiley, 1921 Sarangesa coeliusde Fleury, 1926

Sarangesa laelius, commonly known as the grey elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, northern Ivory Coast, northern and central Ghana, Togo, northern Nigeria, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia and Zimbabwe. ^[2] The habitat consists of woodland and dry Guinea savanna.

The adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

References

1. Sarangesa, funet.fi
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-18.