Sarangesa lucidella
Sarangesa lucidella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Sarangesa |
Species: | S. lucidella |
Binomial name | |
Sarangesa lucidella | |
Synonyms | |
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Sarangesa lucidella, the lucidella elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Kenya to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of shady banks of culverts.
Adults are on wing from July to October and from January to May. There are distinct seasonal forms.
Subspecies
- Sarangesa lucidella lucidella (Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya to central and eastern Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana)
- Sarangesa lucidella helena Evans, 1947 (Ethiopia)
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