Platylesches moritili
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Platylesches |
| Species: | P. moritili |
| Binomial name | |
| Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)[1] | |
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Platylesches moritili, the honey hopper or common hopper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in several countries of Africa, including Burkina Faso[2]. In South Africa, it is found from KwaZulu-Natal, north along the coast and hinterland to Maputaland and from Mpumalanga to northern Gauteng and from the central Limpopo Province to Pafuri. The habitat consists of savanna and riverine forest.
The wingspan is 31–33 mm for males and 33–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, but are more common from March to May and from October to December.[3]
The larvae feed on the young foliage of Parinari curatellifolia. They are leaf green with a black to brown head.[4]
References
- ↑ Platylesches at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Tom Jamonneau, Abubakar S Ringim, Michel Libert, Andrea C Reyes Camargo, Alain Coache, Jérémy Bouyer, Annotated checklist of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Burkina Faso, West Africa—synthesis and new occurrences, Journal of Insect Science, Volume 26, Issue 3, May 2026, ieag018, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieag018
- ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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