Eagris nottoana

Eagris nottoana
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Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. nottoana
Binomial name
	Eagris nottoana; (Wallengren, 1857)
Synonyms
	List Pterygospidea nottoana Wallengren, 1857 ; Eagris melancholica Mabille, 1889 ; Nisoniades flavipalpis Plötz, 1884 ; Nisoniades phyllophyla Trimen, 1883 ;

Eagris nottoana, also known as the rufous-winged flat or rufous-winged elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from South Africa to Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, and on Madagascar.

The wingspan is 35–42 mm (1.4–1.7 in) for males and 39–43 mm (1.5–1.7 in) for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in summer and autumn.^[4]

The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis, Dombeya cymosa, Scutia commersoni, Scutia myrtina and Rinorea arborea.

Subspecies

Eagris nottoana nottoana - Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape Province
Eagris nottoana knysna Evans, 1946 - from the western to the eastern Cape in coastal Afromontane forests
Eagris nottoana smithii (Mabille, [1887]) - south-western Madagascar

References

^ Westrip, J.R.S. (2022) [errata version of 2021 assessment]. "Eagris nottoana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T162639802A222972953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162639802A222972953.en. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ Eagris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Eagris nottoana". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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[1] Westrip, J.R.S. (2022) [errata version of 2021 assessment]. "Eagris nottoana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T162639802A222972953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162639802A222972953.en. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[2] Eagris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] "Eagris nottoana". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[4] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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