Sarangesa maculata

Sarangesa maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. maculata
Binomial name
Sarangesa maculata
(Mabille, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Sape maculata Mabille, 1891
  • Sarangesa subalbicans Bethune-Baker, 1906

Sarangesa maculata is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of wooded savanna.

The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica.

References

  1. ↑ Sarangesa, funet.fi
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-18.