Kedestes brunneostriga

Kedestes brunneostriga is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia (from the north-western part of the country to the Copperbelt).[2]

Kedestes brunneostriga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Kedestes
Species:
K. brunneostriga
Binomial name
Kedestes brunneostriga
(Plötz, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides brunneostriga Plötz, 1884

The larvae feed on Setaria species.

References
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  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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