Sarangesa lucidella

Sarangesa lucidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. lucidella
Binomial name
	Sarangesa lucidella; (Mabille, 1891)
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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