Semalea arela

Semalea arela
Semalea arela figure 20
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Semalea
Species: S. arela
Binomial name
Semalea arela
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypoleucis arela Mabille, 1891
  • Pamphila nox Mabille, 1891
  • Semalea atimus Holland, 1896 (Nomen nudem)
  • Baoris arela ab. defectula Strand, 1913

Semalea arela, the Arela Dart, Arela Skipper or Brown Silky Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Zingiber, Aframomum, Pennisetum, Setaria and Panicum species.

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