Sarangesa lucidella

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Sarangesa lucidella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. lucidella
Binomial name
Sarangesa lucidella
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sape lucidella Mabille, 1891
  • Sarangesa ganyi Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Sarangesa lucidella f. marmora Evans, 1937

Sarangesa lucidella, the lucidella elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Kenya to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of shady banks of culverts.

Adults are on wing from July to October and from January to May. There are distinct seasonal forms.

Subspecies[]

  • Sarangesa lucidella lucidella (Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya to central and eastern Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana)
  • Sarangesa lucidella helena Evans, 1947 (Ethiopia)

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