Eagris nottoana
Species of butterfly
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Eagris nottoana, also known as the rufous-winged flat or rufous-winged elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from South Africa to Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, and on Madagascar.
| Eagris nottoana | |
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| As phyllophila Trimen, 1883 in Seitz c and nottoana d | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. nottoana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)[2] | |
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The wingspan is 35–42 mm (1.4–1.7 in) for males and 39–43 mm (1.5–1.7 in) for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in summer and autumn.[4]
The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis, Dombeya cymosa, Scutia commersoni, Scutia myrtina and Rinorea arborea.
Subspecies
- Eagris nottoana nottoana - Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape Province
- Eagris nottoana knysna Evans, 1946 - from the western to the eastern Cape in coastal Afromontane forests
- Eagris nottoana smithii (Mabille, [1887]) - south-western Madagascar
