Kedestes lenis
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The Unique Ranger is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa
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The wingspan
is 26–31 mm for males and 29-35 for females. Adults are on wing from October to March (with a peak in spring for ssp. lenis and in midsummer for ssp. alba). There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Imperata arundinacea.
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 South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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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 26–31 mm for males and 29-35 for females. Adults are on wing from October to March (with a peak in spring for ssp. lenis and in midsummer for ssp. alba). There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Imperata arundinacea.
Subspecies
- Kedestes lenis lenis (Strandfontein east of Muizenberg in West Cape)
- Kedestes lenis alba Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997 (mountains in northern East Cape and Orange Free State, then along the south-eastern foothills of the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal)