| Andronymus caesar | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Andronymus |
| Species: | A. caesar |
| Binomial name | |
| Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793) | |
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Andronymus caesar, the white dart or common dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in tropical Africa. The habitat consists of forests, moist savannah and riverine bush, from sea level to altitudes of 1,500 metres.
The wingspan is 38–44 mm. Adults are on wing year-round, but mainly from November to April in South Africa.
The larvae feed on Macrolobium, Blighia (including Blighia unijugata), Deinbollia and Phialodiscus species.
