Dotta callicles

Pale ranger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dotta
Species:
D. callicles
Binomial name
Dotta callicles
(Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides callicles Hewitson, 1868
  • Hesperia aleta Plötz, 1883
  • Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)

Dotta callicles, the pale ranger, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal), Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 27–29 mm for males and 31–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to April (with a peak from February to March). There is one extended generation per year.

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica.

References

  1. ↑ Dobson, J.C.H.; Westrip, J.R.S. (2020). "Kedestes callicles". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T161278121A161278125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161278121A161278125.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Kedestes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
  4. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae