Andronymus caesar

Andronymus caesar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Andronymus
Species:	A. caesar
Binomial name
	Andronymus caesar; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Hesperia caesar Fabricius, 1793; Pamphila philander Hopffer, 1855; Andronymus hero philander; Apaustus leander Plötz, 1879; Andronymus antonius Lindsey and Miller, 1965;

Andronymus caesar, the white dart or common dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in tropical Africa. The habitat consists of forests, moist savannah and riverine bush, from sea level to altitudes of 1,500 metres.^[2]

The wingspan is 38–44 mm. Adults are on wing year-round, but mainly from November to April in South Africa.^[3]

The larvae feed on Macrolobium, Blighia (including ), Deinbollia and species.

Subspecies[]

Andronymus caesar caesar (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: except east and south)
Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east and south to Shaba, southern Sudan, Uganda, eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo Province to Pafuri, Mpumalanga and the Blyde River Canyon)

References[]

^ Andronymus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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[1] Andronymus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

[3] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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