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词条 Kedestes callicles
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| image = Kedestes_callicles1.JPG
| image2 = Kedestes callicles.JPG
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Hesperiidae
| tribus = Erionotini
| genus = Kedestes
| species = K. callicles
| binomial = Kedestes callicles
| binomial_authority = (Hewitson, 1868)[1]
| synonyms =
  • Cyclopides callicles Hewitson, 1868
  • Hesperia aleta Plötz, 1883

}}

Kedestes callicles, the pale ranger, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 27–29 mm for males and 31–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to April (with a peak from February to March). There is one extended generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica.[3]

References

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1. ^Kedestes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}
3. ^Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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4 : Butterflies described in 1868|Kedestes|Butterflies of Africa|Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson

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