Dotta stellata
Appearance
Spangled sylph | |
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At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Dotta |
Species: | D. stellata
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Binomial name | |
Dotta stellata | |
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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
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