Andronymus caesar
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The White Dart is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa
.
The wingspan
is 38–44 mm. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from November to April in South Africa.
The larvae feed on Macrolobium
, Blighia
(including Blighia unijugata), Deinbollia and Phialodiscus species.
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 in tropical Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 38–44 mm. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from November to April in South Africa.
The larvae feed on Macrolobium
Macrolobium
Macrolobium is a legume genus in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.-References: : . Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-JAN-25....
, Blighia
Blighia
Blighia is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya. The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee being grown commercially for fruit production...
(including Blighia unijugata), Deinbollia and Phialodiscus species.
Subspecies
- Andronymus caesar caesar
- Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855) (Zimbabwe, Mozambique)