''Kedestes'' is a genus of skippers 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 ...

, commonly known as rangers. The genus is restricted to the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

, where it occurs mostly in the East and South. The larvae of several species feed on grasses. It is thought to be related to '' Ampittia''.

Species

*'' Kedestes brunneostriga'' (Plötz, 1884) *'' Kedestes lema'' Neave, 1910 *'' Kedestes lenis'' Riley, 1932 *''

Kedestes lepenula ''Kedestes lepenula'', the chequered ranger or chequered skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the central East Cape through the western part of the Free State, the eastern part of North West Province into the dry ...

'' (Wallengren, 1857) *'' Kedestes macomo'' (Trimen, 1862) *'' Kedestes malua'' Neave, 1910 *'' Kedestes marshalli'' Aurivillius, 1925 *'' Kedestes niveostriga'' (Trimen, 1864) *'' Kedestes rogersi'' Druce, 1907 *'' Kedestes straeleni'' Evans, 1956 *'' Kedestes sublineata'' Pennington, 1953

Former species

*''Kedestes barberae'' (Trimen, 1873) - transferred to '' Trida barberae'' (Trimen, 1873) *''Kedestes callicles'' (Hewitson, 1868) - transferred to '' Dotta callicles'' (Hewitson, 1868) *''Kedestes chaca'' (Trimen, 1873) - transferred to '' Nervia chaca'' (Trimen, 1873) *''Kedestes ekouyi'' Vande weghe and Albert, 2009 - transferred to '' Nervia ekouyi'' (Vande weghe and Albert, 2009) *''Kedestes heathi'' Hancock & Gardiner, 1982 - transferred to '' Nervia heathi'' (Hancock & Gardiner, 1982) *''Kedestes michaeli'' Gardiner & Hancock, 1982 - transferred to '' Nervia michaeli'' (Gardiner & Hancock, 1982) *''Kedestes monostichus'' Hancock & Gardiner, 1982 - transferred to '' Nervia monostichus'' (Hancock & Gardiner, 1982) *''Kedestes mohozutza'' (Wallengren, 1857) - transferred to '' Nervia mohozutza'' (Wallengren, 1857) *''Kedestes nancy'' Collins & Larsen, 1991 - transferred to '' Nervia nancy'' (Collins & Larsen, 1991) *''Kedestes nerva'' (Fabricius, 1793) - transferred to '' Nervia nerva'' (Fabricius, 1793)) *''Kedestes pinheyi'' Hancock & Gardiner, 1982 - transferred to '' Nervia pinheyi'' (Hancock & Gardiner, 1982) *''Kedestes protensa'' Butler, 1901 - transferred to '' Nervia protensa'' (Butler, 1901) *''Kedestes sarahae'' Henning & Henning, 1998 - transferred to '' Trida sarahae'' (Henning & Henning, 1998) *''Kedestes wallengrenii'' (Trimen, 1883) - transferred to '' Nervia wallengrenii'' (Trimen, 1883)

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 78
Hesperiidae genera {{Erionotini-stub