Sarangesa motozi | |
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Winter form | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Sarangesa |
Species: | S. motozi |
Binomial name | |
Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Sarangesa motozi, the forest elfin or elfin skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, and native to southern and eastern Africa.
The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. The upper surface of the wings are variegated brown and grey.
This species is found from Cape Town and the eastern side of South Africa, [3] to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, and to Kenya and Ethiopia.
The larvae feed on Barleria , Justicia and Peristrophe species, including Peristrophe hensii .
Adults are on wing year-round, although they are scarcer in the dry season. [4]
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