Nervia nerva

Nervia nerva, the scarce ranger or scarce skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal), Zimbabwe, Angola and north-western Zambia.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Nervia nerva
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Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Nervia
Species:	N. nerva
Binomial name
Nervia nerva (Fabricius, 1793)[2]
Synonyms
List Hesperia nerva Fabricius, 1793 Pyrgus tucusa Trimen, 1883 Cyclopides paola Plötz, 1884 Kedestes nerva (Fabricius, 1793)

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The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 33–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November and from February to April. There are two generations per year.^[3]