Dotta stellata

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

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.

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

^ Astictopterus, funet.fi
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

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[1] Astictopterus, funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

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