| Kedestes chaca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Kedestes |
| Species: | K. chaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Kedestes chaca (Trimen, 1873)[1] |
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Shaka’s Ranger or Shaka’s Skipper (Kedestes chaca) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the southern and eastern slopes of the Drakensberg foothills in the eastern Cape through the Kokstad area into KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38-44 for females. Adults are on wing from October to April (with a peak from December to January). There is one generation per year[2].