Kedestes nerva
Kedestes nerva | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Erionotini |
Genus: | Kedestes |
Species: | K. nerva |
Binomial name | |
Kedestes nerva (Fabricius, 1793)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Kedestes nerva, the scarce ranger or scarce skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Angola and north-western Zambia.
The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 33-36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November and from February to April. There are two generations per year.[2]
Subspecies
- Kedestes nerva nerva (South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
- Kedestes nerva paola (Plötz, 1884) (Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, north-western Zambia)
References
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