Sarangesa gaerdesi

Sarangesa gaerdesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. gaerdesi
Binomial name
Sarangesa gaerdesi
Evans, 1949[1]

Sarangesa gaerdesi, commonly known as the Namibian elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The larvae of subspecies gaerdesi feed on Petalidium engleranum and the larvae of subspecies smithae on Petalidium variabile.

Subspecies

  • Sarangesa gaerdesi gaerdesi - northern and central Namibia
  • Sarangesa gaerdesi smithae Vári, 1976 - south-central Namibia

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