Sarangesa gaerdesi

Sarangesa gaerdesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species: S. gaerdesi
Binomial name
Sarangesa gaerdesi
Evans, 1949[1]

Sarangesa gaerdesi, the Namibian Elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The adult wing colouration matches the colour of the leaves of the larval host-plants and adults of both sexes feed from the flowers of these plants. They are possibly on wing year round, but are most common in midsummer. Subspecies smithae has been recorded from August to October and in late February.

The larvae of ssp. gaerdesi feed on Petalidium engleranum and the larvae of ssp. smithae on Petalidium variabile.

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References

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