Caprona cassualalla
| Caprona cassualalla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Caprona |
| Species: | C. cassualalla |
| Binomial name | |
| Caprona cassualalla Bethune-Baker, 1911[1] | |
Caprona cassualalla, the Kavango skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Angola and northern Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of very dry savanna.
Adults feed from the flowers of trees in spring. They are on wing from September to June. There are seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Grewia species
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