Kedestes lema

Kedestes lema
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Kedestes
Species:	K. lema
Binomial name
Kedestes lema Neave, 1910[1]

Kedestes lema, the Lema ranger, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are on wing from December to April.

Subspecies[]

• Kedestes lema lema (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia)
• Kedestes lema linka Evans, 1956 (Malawi, Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe)

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