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The White Dart or Common Dart (''Andronymus caesar'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. The habitat consists of forests, moist savanna and riverine bush, from sea level to altitudes of 1,500 metres.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae )〕 The wingspan is 38–44 mm. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from November to April in South Africa.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Macrolobium'', ''Blighia'' (including ''Blighia unijugata''), ''Deinbollia'' and ''Phialodiscus'' species. ==Subspecies== *''Andronymus caesar caesar'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo: except east and south) *''Andronymus caesar philander'' (Hopffer, 1855) (Democratic Republic of Congo: east and south to Shaba, southern Sudan, Uganda, eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo Province to Pafuri, Mpumalanga and the Blyde River Canyon) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andronymus caesar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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