Andronymus caesar

Andronymus caesar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Andronymus
Species: A. caesar
Binomial name
Andronymus caesar
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia caesar Fabricius, 1793
  • Pamphila philander Hopffer, 1855
  • Andronymus hero philander
  • Apaustus leander Plötz, 1879
  • Andronymus antonius Lindsey and Miller, 1965

Andronymus caesar, the white dart or common dart, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. The habitat consists of forests, moist savannah and riverine bush, from sea level to altitudes of 1,500 metres.[2]

The wingspan is 38–44 mm. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from November to April in South Africa.[3]

The larvae feed on Macrolobium, Blighia (including Blighia unijugata), Deinbollia and Phialodiscus species.

Subspecies

References

  1. Andronymus, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
  3. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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