Spangled sylph
At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dotta
Species:
D. stellata
Binomial name
Dotta stellata
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
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

  • 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dotta stellata.
Wikispecies has information related to Dotta stellata.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.