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The Small Marbled Elf (''Eretis umbra'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from South Africa to eastern Africa and Uganda. The wingspan is 30–32 mm for males and 32–37 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas and from August to May in cooler areas.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Chaetacanthus setiger'', ''Phaulopsis'', ''Dyschoriste'', ''Chaetacanthus'', ''Justicia'' and ''Asystasia'' (including ''Asystasia schimperi''). ==Subspecies== *''Eretis umbra umbra'' (Swaziland, South Africa: along the coast from the western Cape to the eastern Cape, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, the Orange Free State, Limpopo, the North-West Provinces, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the eastern part of the northern Cape) *''Eretis umbra maculifera'' Mabille & Boullet, 1916 (north-eastern Uganda, central and western Kenya, Tanzania) *''Eretis umbra nox'' (Neave, 1910) (Malawi, southern and eastern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe) 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「Eretis umbra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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