Sarangesa lucidella

Sarangesa lucidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. lucidella
Binomial name
	Sarangesa lucidella; (Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
	Sape lucidella Mabille, 1891; Sarangesa ganyi Bethune-Baker, 1906; Sarangesa lucidella f. marmora Evans, 1937;

Sarangesa lucidella, the lucidella elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Kenya to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of shady banks of culverts.

Adults are on wing from July to October and from January to May. There are distinct seasonal forms.

Subspecies

Sarangesa lucidella lucidella (Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya to central and eastern Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana)
Sarangesa lucidella helena Evans, 1947 (Ethiopia)

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