Parosmodes morantii
| Parosmodes morantii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Parosmodes |
| Species: | P. morantii |
| Binomial name | |
| Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)[1] | |
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Morant's Skipper or Morant's Orange (Parosmodes morantii) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and from western Kenya to Ghana.
The wingspan is 28–31 mm for males and 33-35 for females. Adults are on wing from July to early October and from December to May in a stronger summer brood (with a peak from February to March). There are two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Combretum species (including Combretum queinzii and Combretum molle), Bridelia species (including Bridelia micrantha), Quisqualis, Terminalia and Syzygium cordatum.
Subspecies
- Parosmodes morantii morantii (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal)
- Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937 (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Parosmodes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.