Sarangesa seineri

Sarangesa seineri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. seineri
Binomial name
	Sarangesa seineri; Strand, 1909
Synonyms
	Sarangesa seineri tanga Evans, 1937;

Sarangesa seineri, the dusted elfin or dark elfin, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Natal, the former Transvaal and Botswana and from Zimbabwe to Kenya and Zaire.

The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, although they are scarcer in winter and the dry season.^[2]

The larvae feed on Peristrophe hensii.

Subspecies

Sarangesa seineri seineri (Kenya to Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa: north of Soutpansberg in Limpopo Province to northern Gauteng and northern Mpumalanga)
Sarangesa seineri durbana Evans, 1937 (Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga)

References

^ Sarangesa, Site of Markku Savela
^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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[1] Sarangesa, Site of Markku Savela

[2] Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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