Ampittia capenas

Riverine ranger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ampittia
Species:	A. capenas
Binomial name
	Ampittia capenas; (Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
	Cyclopides capenas Hewitson, 1868; Cyclopides derbice Hewitson, 1877;

Ampittia capenas, the riverine ranger or African bush hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

Range and habitat[]

The nominate subspecies at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique

It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of the banks of streams and rivers.

Adults are on wing from August to October and from February to April.

Ampittia capenas capenas — eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ampittia capenas blanda Evans, 1947 — Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, eastern Zambia

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