Kedestes wallengrenii

Kedestes wallengrenii
Kedestes wallengrenii figure 16
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Kedestes
Species: K. wallengrenii
Binomial name
Kedestes wallengrenii
(Trimen, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thymelicus wallengrenii Trimen, 1883
  • Baracus fenestratus Butler, 1894

Wallengren’s Ranger or Wallengren’s Skipper (Kedestes wallengrenii) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and from Mozambique to Kenya. The habitat consists of grassland and woodland.[2]

The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 30-35 for females. Adults are on wing from August to November and from February to April. There are two generations per year.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Imperata cylindrica.

Subspecies

References

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  1. Kedestes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
  3. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.


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