Artitropa erinnys
Artitropa erinnys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Artitropa |
Species: | A. erinnys |
Binomial name | |
Artitropa erinnys (Trimen, 1862)[1] | |
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The Bush Night-fighter (Artitropa erinnys) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and eastern Africa.
The wingspan is 53–57 mm for males and 59–63 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round but are scarce from May to August.[2]
The larvae feed on Dracaena hookeriana, Dracaena afromontana, Dracaena angustifolia, Dracaena fragrans and Dracaena steudneri.
Subspecies
- Artitropa erinnys erinnys (southern Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa: coastal lowland and riverine forest from the eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coast to Maputaland, spreading to the Limpopo Province)
- Artitropa erinnys comorarum Oberthür, 1916 (Comoro Islands: Grand Comore, Anjouan)
- Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896 (Kenya: Mount Sagala, Teita Hills, Shimba Hills, Tanzania: from the coast inland to Arusha)
- Artitropa erinnys nyasae Riley, 1925 (eastern Zimbabwe, southern Malawi)
- Artitropa erinnys radiata Riley, 1925 (Kenya)
- Artitropa erinnys vansommereni Riley, 1925 (Kenya: Meru, Nairobi, Ngong)
References
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