Borbo holtzii

Borbo holtzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Borbo
Species: B. holtzii
Binomial name
Borbo holtzii
(Plötz, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia holtzii Plötz, 1883
  • Pamphila aures Mabille, 1883
  • Baoris cana Lathy, 1901
  • Baoris caesia Gaede, 1917
  • Baoris aequalis Gaede, 1917
  • Pelopidas rougeoti Picard, 1949

The Variable Swift (Borbo holtzii) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Africa, including south-eastern Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (the Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal) and Swaziland. The habitat consists of frost-free savanna.[2]

Adults are on wing year round, but are most common in winter.

The larvae feed on Rottboellia megaphylla.

References

  1. ↑ Borbo, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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