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Sarangesa motozi

Species of butterfly

Sarangesa motozi

Species of butterfly

  • Pterygospidea motozi Wallengren, 1857
  • Nisoniades pato Trimen, 1862
  • Sape ophthalmica Mabille, 1891
  • Sape pertusa Mabille, 1891
  • Sarangesa helmi Karsch, 1896
  • Sarangesa ophthalmica ophthalmicodes Strand, 1912

Sarangesa motozi, also known as the forest elfin or elfin skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is native to southern and eastern Africa.

Summer form

Description

The wingspan is 36 – for males and 38 – for females. The upper surface of the wings is variegated brown and grey.

Distribution

This species is found from Cape Town and the eastern side of South Africa, to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, and to Kenya and Ethiopia.

Life cycle

Larvae

The larvae feed on Barleria, Justicia and Peristrophe species, including Peristrophe hensii.

Adults

Adults are on wing year-round, although they are scarcer in the dry season.

References

References

  1. [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/sarangesa/index.html ''Sarangesa''] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
  2. "SABCA - South African Butterfly Conservation Assessment".
  3. Woodhall, Steve. (2005). "Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa". Struik.
  4. (1857). "Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum Annis 1838-1845 Collecta a J. A. Wahlberg". Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar.
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