Dotta stellata

Dotta stellata, the spangled sylph or spangled skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Spangled sylph
At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dotta
Species:
D. stellata
Binomial name
Dotta stellata
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia stellata Mabille, 1891
  • Cyclopides mineni Trimen, 1894
  • Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891)

Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Asystasia species.

Subspecies
  • Dotta stellata stellata - coast of Kenya
  • Dotta stellata amania Evans, 1947 - Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru mountains
  • Dotta stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894) - southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe

References
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  1. Astictopterus, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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