Astictopterus stellata

Astictopterus stellata, the spangled sylph or spangled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Spangled sylph
At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Astictopterus
Species:
A. stellata
Binomial name
Astictopterus stellata
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia stellata Mabille, 1891
  • Cyclopides mineni Trimen, 1894

Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Asystasia species.

Subspecies
  • Astictopterus stellata stellata (coast of Kenya)
  • Astictopterus stellata amania Evans, 1947 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru mountains)
  • Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894) (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)

References
  1. Astictopterus, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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