Kedestes chaca

Kedestes chaca
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]
Synonyms
  • Pyrgus chaca Trimen, 1873

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]

References

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