Netted sylph | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Willema |
Species: | W. willemi
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Binomial name | |
Willema willemi (
Wallengren, 1857)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
List
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Willema willemi, the netted sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from South Africa ( Transvaal), Botswana, and Zimbabwe to Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia. The habitat consists of savanna (especially along streams fringed by trees that provide an almost closed canopy) and densely wooded clumps of bush. [2]
The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from December to May (with a peak from February to March). There is one extended generation per year. [3]
The larvae feed on Setaria species.
Netted sylph | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Willema |
Species: | W. willemi
|
Binomial name | |
Willema willemi (
Wallengren, 1857)
[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
List
|
Willema willemi, the netted sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from South Africa ( Transvaal), Botswana, and Zimbabwe to Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia. The habitat consists of savanna (especially along streams fringed by trees that provide an almost closed canopy) and densely wooded clumps of bush. [2]
The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from December to May (with a peak from February to March). There is one extended generation per year. [3]
The larvae feed on Setaria species.