''Sarangesa'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
. Most of the species in the genus are found in the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
, while a few are in the
Indomalayan realm
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 Ind ...
.
Species
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Sarangesa astrigera
''Sarangesa astrigera'', commonly known as the white-speckled elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is mostly found in Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga Province), Zambia, Malawi and northern ...
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Butler, 1893
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Sarangesa aza''
Evans, 1951
*''
Sarangesa bouvieri''
(Mabille, 1877)
*''
Sarangesa brigida''
(Plötz, 1879)
*''
Sarangesa dasahara''
Moore, 866
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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*'' Sarangesa gaerdesi'' Evans, 1949
*'' Sarangesa haplopa'' Swinhoe, 1907
*'' Sarangesa laelius'' (Mabille, 1877)
*'' Sarangesa lucidella'' (Mabille, 1891)
*''Sarangesa lunula
''Sarangesa lunula'' is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate super ...
'' Druce, 1910
*'' Sarangesa maculata'' (Mabille, 1891)
*'' Sarangesa majorella'' (Mabille, 1891)
*'' Sarangesa maxima'' Neave, 1910
*'' Sarangesa motozi'' (Wallengren, 1857)
*'' Sarangesa motozioides'' Holland, 1892
*'' Sarangesa pandaensis'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921
*'' Sarangesa penningtoni'' Evans, 1951
*'' Sarangesa phidyle'' (Walker, 1870)
*'' Sarangesa princei'' Karsch, 1896
*'' Sarangesa purendra'' Moore, 1882
*'' Sarangesa ruona'' Evans, 1937
*'' Sarangesa sati'' de Nicéville, 1891
*'' Sarangesa seineri'' Strand, 1909
*'' Sarangesa tertullianus'' (Fabricius, 1793)
*'' Sarangesa thecla'' (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
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