Biology:Astictopterus stellata

Short description: Species of butterfly

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

Astictopterus stellata, the spangled sylph or spangled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. 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

• Astictopterus stellata stellata (coast of Kenya)
• Astictopterus stellata amania Evans, 1947 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru mountains)
• Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894) (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)

References

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