''Dotta stellata'', the spangled sylph or spangled skipper, is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
/ref> The habitat consists of forests. Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year. The larvae feed on ''

Asystasia The genus ''Asystasia'' belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises approximately 70 species found in the tropics, including the weedy species ''Asystasia gangetica''. Selected species * '' Asystasia africana'' (S. Moore) C.B. Clarke * ''As ...

'' species.

Subspecies

*''Dotta stellata stellata'' - coast of Kenya *''Dotta stellata amania'' Evans, 1947 - Tanzania: north-east to the

Usambara The Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania in tropical East Africa, comprise the easternmost ranges of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The ranges of approximately long and about half that wide, are situated in the Lushoto District of the Tang ...

Nguru Nguru may refer to: * Pila Nguru, an aboriginal people of Australia * Nguru (flute), a small Māori nose flute from New Zealand * Nguru, Nigeria, a town and LGA in Yobe State * Hadejia-Nguru wetlands, northern Nigeria * Nguru Lake, a lake whic ...

, and Uluguru mountains *''Dotta stellata mineni'' (Trimen, 1894) - southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe

References

Butterflies described in 1891 Astictopterini Butterflies of Africa {{Hesperiinae-stub