Kedestes lenis
Kedestes lenis, the unique ranger, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa.
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The wingspan is 26–31 mm for males and 29–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to March (with a peak in spring for subspecies K. l. lenis and in midsummer for subspecies K. l. alba). There is one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Imperata arundinacea.
Subspecies
- Kedestes lenis lenis (Strandfontein east of Muizenberg in West Cape)
- Kedestes lenis alba Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997 (mountains in northern East Cape and Orange Free State, and along the south-eastern foothills of the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal)
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- Kedestes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Riley, N. D. (1932). "New African and Arabian Butterflies". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 10. 10 (56): 150–152. doi:10.1080/00222933208673555.
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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