Macken's Skipper or Macken's Dart (Acleros mackenii) is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 and in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 27–32 mm for males and 29-33 for females. Adults are on wing year round but are more common in late summer, autumn and winter than in the hotter midsummer months.

The larvae feed on Rhus species (including Rhus corarius) and Acridocarpus

Acridocarpus

Acridocarpus is a genus of plant in family Malpighiaceae.Species include:* Acridocarpus socotranus...

species (including Acridocarpus smeathmanni).

Subspecies

• Acleros mackenii mackenii
• Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
• Acleros mackenii instabilis Mabille, 1890