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词条 Kedestes lenis
释义

  1. Subspecies

  2. References

{{Taxobox
| image = Kedestes lenis alba 2017 12 30 4206.jpg
| image_caption = Mating pair
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Hesperiidae
| tribus = Erionotini
| genus = Kedestes
| species = K. lenis
| binomial = Kedestes lenis
| binomial_authority = Riley, 1932[1][2]
}}

Kedestes lenis, the unique ranger, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 26–31 mm for males and 29–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to March (with a peak in spring for subspecies K. l. lenis and in midsummer for subspecies K. l. alba). There is one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Imperata arundinacea.

Subspecies

  • Kedestes lenis lenis (Strandfontein east of Muizenberg in West Cape)
  • Kedestes lenis alba Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997 (mountains in northern East Cape and Orange Free State, and along the south-eastern foothills of the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal)

References

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1. ^Kedestes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^{{cite journal|last1=Riley|first1=N. D.|title=New African and Arabian Butterflies|journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History|date=1932|volume=10|issue=56|pages=150–152|doi=10.1080/00222933208673555|series=Ser. 10}}
3. ^{{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 }}
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3 : Butterflies described in 1932|Kedestes|Endemic butterflies of South Africa

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