Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) with particular reference to Kenya. Part 10. Pyrginae, Carcharodini
Author
Cock, Matthew J. W.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4173
4
301
350
journal article
38068
10.11646/zootaxa.4173.4.1
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1175-5326
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Spialia delagoae
Trimen, 1898
Like the last, this species was placed in the
delagoae
group of species by
De Jong
(1978). There is a small pocket of this species found in north-west
Kenya
and north-east
Uganda
which is considerably isolated from the main distribution in
southern Africa
.
De Jong (1978) lists just four specimens from
Kenya
, where it is almost unknown. In
southern Africa
it is a species of the bushveld, and Dickson & Kroon (1978) note that it flies close to the ground in short grass, settling on flowers or damp mud. It has also been reported feeding at fresh baboon dung (Swanepoel 1953). The food plants and life history are unknown.