| Acleros mackenii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Acleros |
| Species: | A. mackenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Acleros mackenii (Trimen, 1868)[1] |
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Macken's Skipper or Macken's Dart (Acleros mackenii) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and in Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is 27–32 mm for males and 29-33 for females. Adults are on wing year round but are more common in late summer, autumn and winter than in the hotter midsummer months[2].
The larvae feed on Rhus species (including Rhus corarius) and Acridocarpus species (including Acridocarpus smeathmanni).