Artitropa erinnys
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Species: | A. erinnys
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Artitropa erinnys, the bush night-fighter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and eastern Africa.
The wingspan is 53–57 mm for males and 59–63 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round but are scarce from May to August.[2]
The larvae feed on , , Dracaena angustifolia, Dracaena fragrans and .
Subspecies[]
- Artitropa erinnys erinnys (southern Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa: coastal lowland and riverine forest from the eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coast to Maputaland, spreading to the Limpopo Province)
- Artitropa erinnys comorarum Oberthür, 1916 (Comoro Islands: Grand Comore, Anjouan)
- Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896 (Kenya: Mount Sagala, Teita Hills, Shimba Hills, Tanzania: from the coast inland to Arusha)
- Artitropa erinnys nyasae Riley, 1925 (eastern Zimbabwe, southern Malawi)
- Artitropa erinnys radiata Riley, 1925 (Kenya)
- Artitropa erinnys vansommereni Riley, 1925 (Kenya: Meru, Nairobi, Ngong)
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1862
- Erionotini
- Erionotini stubs