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The Bush Night-fighter (''Artitropa erinnys'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and eastern Africa. The wingspan is 53–57 mm for males and 59–63 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round but are scarce from May to August.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Dracaena hookeriana'', ''Dracaena afromontana'', ''Dracaena angustifolia'', ''Dracaena fragrans'' and ''Dracaena steudneri''. ==Subspecies== *''Artitropa erinnys erinnys'' (southern Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa: coastal lowland and riverine forest from the eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coast to Maputaland, spreading to the Limpopo Province) *''Artitropa erinnys comorarum'' Oberthür, 1916 (Comoro Islands: Grand Comore, Anjouan) *''Artitropa erinnys ehlersi'' Karsch, 1896 (Kenya: Mount Sagala, Teita Hills, Shimba Hills, Tanzania: from the coast inland to Arusha) *''Artitropa erinnys nyasae'' Riley, 1925 (eastern Zimbabwe, southern Malawi) *''Artitropa erinnys radiata'' Riley, 1925 (Kenya) *''Artitropa erinnys vansommereni'' Riley, 1925 (Kenya: Meru, Nairobi, Ngong) 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「Artitropa erinnys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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