Andronymus caesar | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Andronymus |
Species: | A. caesar |
Binomial name | |
Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)[1] |
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The White Dart (Andronymus caesar) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa.
The wingspan is 38–44 mm. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from November to April in South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Macrolobium, Blighia (including Blighia unijugata), Deinbollia and Phialodiscus species.