Borbo fallax
| Borbo fallax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Borbo |
| Species: | B. fallax |
| Binomial name | |
| Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)[1] | |
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The False Swift (Borbo fallax) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. In South Africa it is found in Swaziland, coastal KwaZulu-Natal, northern Gauteng and the Limpopo Province and the extreme north-east of the North West Province. The habitat consists of coastal bush and moist savanna.[2]
The wingspan is 36–43 mm for males and 41–44 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are scarcer in winter in southern Africa.[3]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta and Saccharum species.
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- ↑ Borbo, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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