Sarangesa thecla

Common elfin
male S. t. thecla in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. thecla
Binomial name
Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
Antigonus theclaPlötz, 1879 Sape semialbaMabille, 1891

Sarangesa thecla, also known as the common elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. ^[2] The habitat consists of dry semi-deciduous forests.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males are also attracted to bird droppings.

Subspecies

• Sarangesa thecla thecla - western Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Sarangesa thecla mabiraEvans, 1956 - eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania

References

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