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词条 Kedestes wallengrenii
释义

  1. Subspecies

  2. References

{{Taxobox
| image = HollandHesperiidaeAfricaPlate2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Figure 16
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Hesperiidae
| tribus = Erionotini
| genus = Kedestes
| species = K. wallengrenii
| binomial = Kedestes wallengrenii
| binomial_authority = (Trimen, 1883)[1]
| synonyms =
  • Thymelicus wallengrenii Trimen, 1883
  • Baracus fenestratus Butler, 1894

}}Kedestes wallengrenii, Wallengren's ranger or Wallengren's skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and from Mozambique to Kenya. The habitat consists of grassland and woodland.[2]

The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 30-35 for females. Adults are on wing from August to November and from February to April. There are two generations per year.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Imperata cylindrica.

Subspecies

  • Kedestes wallengrenii wallengrenii (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Kedestes wallengrenii fenestratus (Butler, 1894) (Tanzania, Malawi)

References

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1. ^Kedestes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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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4 : Butterflies described in 1883|Kedestes|Butterflies of Africa|Taxa named by Roland Trimen

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