Sarangesa seineri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Sarangesa
- Species
- Sarangesa seineri
- Scientific Name
- Sarangesa seineri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sarangesa seineri
Sarangesa seineri, also known as the dusted elfin or dark elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa (Natal, Transvaal), Botswana and from Zimbabwe to Kenya and the DRC.
The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, although they are scarcer in winter and the dry season.
The larvae feed on Peristrophe hensii.
...Sarangesa seineri in languages:
- English
- Dusted Elfin
- English
- Dark Elfin
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Sarangesa astrigera
- Sarangesa bouvieri
- Sarangesa brigida
- Sarangesa dasahara
- Sarangesa gaerdesi
- Sarangesa haplopa
- Sarangesa loelius
- Sarangesa lucidella
- Sarangesa lunula
- Sarangesa maculata
- Sarangesa majorella
- Sarangesa maxima
- Sarangesa motozi
- Sarangesa motozioides
- Sarangesa pandaensis
- Sarangesa penningtoni
- Sarangesa phidyle
- Sarangesa princei
- Sarangesa purendra
- Sarangesa ruona
- Sarangesa seineri
- Sarangesa tertullianus
- Sarangesa thecla


















































