Durbania amakosa
| Durbania amakosa | |
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| Durbania amakosa depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Durbania |
| Species: | D. amakosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Durbania amakosa Trimen, 1862[1] | |
The Amakosa Rocksitter (Durbania amakosa) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.
The wingspan is 26–35 mm for males and 29–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Cyanobacteria species.
Subspecies
- Durbania amakosa amakosa (KwaZulu-Natal and East Cape)
- Durbania amakosa albescens Quickelberge, 1981 (localised from Margate to Port Edward in southern KwaZulu-Natal)
- Durbania amakosa ayresi van Son, 1941 (along Drakensberg from Swaziland to Mpumalanga)
- Durbania amakosa flavida Quickelberge, 1981 (rare and localised in lower KwaZulu-Natal hills)
- Durbania amakosa natalensis van Son, 1959 (KwaZulu-Natal midlands and Drakensberg foothills)
- Durbania amakosa penningtoni van Son, 1959 (East Cape from Bedford to Grahamstown and Port Elizaberth)
- Durbania amakosa sagittata Henning & Henning, 1993 (eastern Drakensberg and Maluti foothills and Orange Free State)
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