Leucochitonea levubu

White-cloaked skipper
Perched imago in Kruger National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Abantis
Species:
A. levubu
Binomial name
Abantis levubu
Synonyms
  • Sapaea lactea Plötz, 1885
  • Abantis levebu f. defecta Aurivillius, 1925

Leucochitonea levubu, the white-cloaked skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Botswana to the former Transvaal and to Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of dry savanna.[2]

The wingspan is 30–40 mm for males and 35–45 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from November to April (with a peak from January to February). There is one extended generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Grewia flava.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Leucochitonea levubu.
  1. ^ Leucochitonea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
  3. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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