Platylesches galesa
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The White-tail Hopper is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Transvaal
, Mozambique
and Zimbabwe
. It is common in forest and woodland.
The wingspan
is 33–37 mm for males and 36–40 mm for females. Adults are dark brown. The forewings have small hyaline spots and the hindwings have a row of small yellowish discal spots. The abdomen has a white tip.
The larvae feed on Parinari
species. Reports of other foodplants, mainly grasses, are known to be erroneous.
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 Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
, Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
and 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...
. It is common in forest and woodland.
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 33–37 mm for males and 36–40 mm for females. Adults are dark brown. The forewings have small hyaline spots and the hindwings have a row of small yellowish discal spots. The abdomen has a white tip.
The larvae feed on Parinari
Parinari
Parinari is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae.Species of genus Parinari are found in Subsaharan Africa from Senegal to Sudan and Kenya and south to Namibia and Natal; in Eastern Madagascar; from Indochina through Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Queensland, and the southwest Pacific; and...
species. Reports of other foodplants, mainly grasses, are known to be erroneous.