''Sarangesa'' 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 ...

. Most of the contained species are found in 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 ...

a few are

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

Species

*'' Sarangesa astrigera'' Butler, 1893 *'' Sarangesa aza'' Evans, 1951 *'' Sarangesa bouvieri'' (Mabille, 1877) *''

Sarangesa brigida ''Sarangesa brigida'', Brigid's elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of t ...

'' (Plötz, 1879) *'' Sarangesa dasahara'' Moore, 866/small> *'' Sarangesa gaerdesi'' Evans, 1949 *'' Sarangesa haplopa'' Swinhoe, 1907 *''

Sarangesa laelius ''Sarangesa laelius'', the grey elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, northern Ivory Coast, northern and central Ghana, Togo, northern Nigeria, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, ...

'' (Mabille, 1877) *''

Sarangesa lucidella ''Sarangesa lucidella'', the lucidella elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Kenya to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana Botswana (, ), officially t ...

'' (Mabille, 1891) *'' Sarangesa lunula'' Druce, 1910 *'' Sarangesa maculata'' (Mabille, 1891) *'' Sarangesa majorella'' (Mabille, 1891) *''

Sarangesa maxima ''Sarangesa maxima'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga Province) and Zambia. The habitat consists of ''Brachystegia ''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Deta ...

'' Neave, 1910 *''

Sarangesa motozi ''Sarangesa motozi'', the forest elfin or elfin skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, and native to southern and eastern Africa. Description The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. The upper surfa ...

'' (Wallengren, 1857) *'' Sarangesa motozioides'' Holland, 1892 *''

Sarangesa pandaensis ''Sarangesa pandaensis'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The habitat consists of ''Brachystegia ''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioidea ...

'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 *'' Sarangesa penningtoni'' Evans, 1951 *''

Sarangesa phidyle ''Sarangesa phidyle'', the orange flat or small elfin, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Botswana, south-west Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sudan. In South Africa it is found from the eastern Cape to Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpum ...

'' (Walker, 1870) *'' Sarangesa princei'' Karsch, 1896 *''

Sarangesa purendra ''Sarangesa purendra'', the spotted small flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Subspecies *''Sarangesa purendra purendra'' Moore, 1882 - Himachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand *''Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi'' Evans, 1921 - Karnatak ...

'' Moore, 1882 *'' Sarangesa ruona'' Evans, 1937 *(''

Sarangesa sati ''Sarangesa sati'', the tiny flat, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to the Kutch district of India. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 The species is alternatively listed a ...

'' de Nicéville, 1891) *''

Sarangesa seineri ''Sarangesa seineri'', the dusted elfin or dark elfin, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Natal, the former Transvaal and Botswana and from Zimbabwe to Kenya and the DRC. The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38� ...

'' Strand, 1909 *'' Sarangesa tertullianus'' (Fabricius, 1793) *''

Sarangesa thecla ''Sarangesa thecla'', the common elfin, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democ ...

'' (Plötz, 1879) *'' Sarangesa tricerata'' (Mabille, 1891)

References

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 76
Celaenorrhinini Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Pyrginae-stub