Dotta stellata

Spangled sylph
	At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Dotta
Species:	D. stellata
Binomial name
	Dotta stellata; (Mabille, 1891)
Synonyms
	Ceratrichia stellata Mabille, 1891; Cyclopides mineni Trimen, 1894; Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891);

Dotta stellata, the spangled sylph or spangled skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Asystasia species.

Subspecies[edit]

Dotta stellata stellata - coast of Kenya
Dotta stellata amania Evans, 1947 - Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru mountains
Dotta stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894) - southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe

References[edit]

^ Astictopterus, funet.fi
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

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[1] Astictopterus, funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

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