Tsitana tulbagha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Tsitana |
Species: | T. tulbagha
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Binomial name | |
Tsitana tulbagha Evans, 1937[1]
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Tsitana tulbagha, the Tulbagh sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa. The habitat consists of grassy, rocky areas in fynbos and Karoo.[2]
The wingspan is 30–40 mm for males and 40–41 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December (with a peak from October to November). There is one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Pseudopentameris macrantha, Danthonia and Merxmuellera species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Tsitana tulbagha tulbagha (from the western Western Cape mountains to the southern Northern Cape)
- Tsitana tulbagha kaplani Dickson, 1976 (southern and eastern Western Cape mountains to Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape)
References
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