Ampittia capenas

Riverine ranger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ampittia
Species:	A. capenas
Binomial name
	Ampittia capenas; (Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
	Cyclopides capenas Hewitson, 1868; Cyclopides derbice Hewitson, 1877;

Ampittia capenas, the riverine ranger or African bush hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

Range and habitat

The nominate subspecies at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique

It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of the banks of streams and rivers.

Adults are on wing from August to October and from February to April.

Ampittia capenas capenas — eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ampittia capenas blanda Evans, 1947 — Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, eastern Zambia

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