Kedestes wallengrenii
| Kedestes wallengrenii | |
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| Kedestes wallengrenii figure 16 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Kedestes |
| Species: | K. wallengrenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)[1] | |
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Wallengren’s Ranger or Wallengren’s Skipper (Kedestes wallengrenii) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and from Mozambique to Kenya. The habitat consists of grassland and woodland.[2]
The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 30-35 for females. Adults are on wing from August to November and from February to April. There are two generations per year.[3]
The larvae probably feed on Imperata cylindrica.
Subspecies
- Kedestes wallengrenii wallengrenii (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
- Kedestes wallengrenii fenestratus (Butler, 1894) (Tanzania, Malawi)
References
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- ↑ Kedestes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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