Acleros mackenii

Acleros mackenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Acleros
Species: A. mackenii
Binomial name
Acleros mackenii
(Trimen, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila mackenii Trimen, 1868
  • Acleros nyassicola Strand, 1921
  • Acleros mackenii f. denia Evans, 1937
  • Apaustus olaus Plötz, 1884
  • Acleros instabilis Mabille, 1890

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).

Subspecies

References

  1. Acleros, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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