Biology:Sarangesa seineri
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Dusted elfin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. seineri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909[1]
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Sarangesa seineri, the dusted elfin or dark elfin, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Natal, the former Transvaal and Botswana and from Zimbabwe to Kenya and the DRC.
The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, although they are scarcer in winter and the dry season.[2]
The larvae feed on Peristrophe hensii.
Subspecies
- Sarangesa seineri seineri – Kenya to Malawi, Zambia, DRC: Katanga, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa : north of Soutpansberg in Limpopo to northern Gauteng and northern Mpumalanga
- Sarangesa seineri durbana Evans, 1937 – Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarangesa seineri. |
- ↑ Sarangesa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q7423126 entry
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