| Sarangesa phidyle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. phidyle |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)[1] |
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The Orange Flat or Small Elfin (Sarangesa phidyle) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Botswana, south-west Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sudan. In South Africa it is found from the eastern Cape to Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province, the North West Province and Gauteng.
The wingspan is 26-38 mm. Adults are on wing year round, although they are scarcer in winter and the dry season. [2].
The larvae feed on Barleria and Peristrophe species (including Peristrophe hensii).