Sarangesa gaerdesi
Sarangesa gaerdesi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Sarangesa |
Species: | S. gaerdesi |
Binomial name | |
Sarangesa gaerdesi Evans, 1949[1] |
Sarangesa gaerdesi, commonly known as the Namibian elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.
The larvae of subspecies gaerdesi feed on Petalidium engleranum and the larvae of subspecies smithae on Petalidium variabile.
Subspecies[edit]
- Sarangesa gaerdesi gaerdesi - northern and central Namibia
- Sarangesa gaerdesi smithae Vári, 1976 - south-central Namibia
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