| Alenia namaqua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Alenia |
| Species: | A. namaqua |
| Binomial name | |
| Alenia namaqua Vári, 1974[1] |
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The Namaqua Dancer or Namaqua Sandman (Alenia namaqua) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is only known from Namaqualand in the northern Cape of South Africa, from Calvinia north through Kamiensberg into Namibia.
The wingspan is 21-26 mm for males and 26-29 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to November. There is one generation per year[2].
The larvae feed on Blepharis capensis.