Astictopterus stellata
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Spangled sylph | |
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At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique | |
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Species: | A. stellata
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Astictopterus stellata, the spangled sylph or spangled skipper, is a 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
- Astictopterus stellata stellata (coast of Kenya)
- Astictopterus stellata amania Evans, 1947 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru mountains)
- Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894) (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
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