Sarangesa ruona

Sarangesa ruona, the Ruona elfin, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in thickly wooded savanna and lowland forest in the Maputaland area of KwaZulu-Natal and the north-western parts of the Limpopo Province lowlands east of the Wolkberg and north and east of the Soutpansberg. It is also present in Zimbabwe.

Sarangesa ruona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species:
S. ruona
Binomial name
Sarangesa ruona
Evans, 1937[1]

The wingspan is 32–42 mm for males and 40–43 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to May. There are multiple generations per year.[2]

References
  1. Sarangesa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. 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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