Sarangesa seineri
| Sarangesa seineri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. seineri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909[1] | |
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The Dusted Elfin or Dark Elfin (Sarangesa seineri) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Natal, the former Transvaal and Botswana and from Zimbabwe to Kenya and Zaire.
The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, although they are scarcer in winter and the dry season.[2]
The larvae feed on Peristrophe hensii.
Subspecies
- Sarangesa seineri seineri (Kenya to Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa: north of Soutpansberg in Limpopo Province to northern Gauteng and northern Mpumalanga)
- Sarangesa seineri durbana Evans, 1937 (Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga)
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