Willema willemi

Netted sylph
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Willema
Species:
W. willemi
Binomial name
Willema willemi
Synonyms
List
  • Heteropterus willemi Wallengren, 1857
  • Cyclopides willemi
  • Cyclopides cheles Hewitson, 1868
  • Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)

Willema willemi, the netted sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from South Africa (Transvaal), Botswana, and Zimbabwe to Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia. The habitat consists of savanna (especially along streams fringed by trees that provide an almost closed canopy) and densely wooded clumps of bush.[2]

The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from December to May (with a peak from February to March). There is one extended generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Setaria species.

Upperside
Underside
in Hewitson (1874)

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Willema willemi.
  1. ^ Metisella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  3. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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