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Sarangesa laelius
as S.synestalmenus Karsch, 1893 e
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. laelius
Binomial name
Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
List Pterygospidea laelius Mabille, 1877 Sarangesa synestalmenus Karsch, 1893 Sarangesa tristis Rebel, 1914 Sarangesa laelioides Riley, 1921 Sarangesa coelius de Fleury, 1926

Sarangesa laelius, commonly known as the grey elfin, is a species of 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, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of woodland and dry Guinea savanna.

The adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

References

1. Sarangesa, funet.fi
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae

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