Dotta stellata

Dotta stellata, the spangled sylph, spotted sylph or spangled skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Quick facts Spangled sylph, Scientific classification ...

Spangled sylph
At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Dotta
Species:	D. stellata
Binomial name
Dotta stellata (Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
Ceratrichia stellata Mabille, 1891 Cyclopides mineni Trimen, 1894 Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891)

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Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Asystasia species.