Astictopterus stellata
| Astictopterus stellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Astictopterus |
| Species: | A. stellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891)[1] | |
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Astictopterus stellata, the Spangled Sylph or Spangled Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Asystasia species.
Subspecies
- Astictopterus stellata stellata (coast of Kenya)
- Astictopterus stellata amania Evans, 1947 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru Mountains)
- Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894) (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
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