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The Common Dart or Nomad Dart (''Andronymus neander'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. The habitat consists of moist woodland, forest margins and riparian vegetation, from sea level up to altitudes of 2,400 metres.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae )〕 The wingspan is 38–46 mm for males and 42-48 for females. Adults are on wing from September to April in South Africa. There are continuous generations year round further north.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Brachystegia'' species (including ''Brachystegia spiciformis''), ''Afzelia africana'' and ''Acridocarpus smeathmannii''. ==Subspecies== *''Andronymus neander neander'' (Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal) *''Andronymus neander thomasi'' Riley, 1928 (São Tomé and Príncipe) 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 neander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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