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Barber's Ranger (''Kedestes barberae'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in southern Africa, from the Cape Province to Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Transvaal, the Orange Free State and KwaZulu-Natal. The wingspan is 26–33 mm for males and 29–38 mm for females. Subspecies ''bunta'' has one generation per year, with adults on wing in September. The other subspecies are on wing from October to November and from February to April in two generations. The larvae feed on ''Imperata cylindrica''. ==Subspecies== *''Kedestes barberae barberae'' (south-western Tanzania, Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province) *''Kedestes barberae bonsa'' Evans, 1956 (dry grassland of north-western East Cape and south-eastern North Cape) *''Kedestes barberae bunta'' Evans, 1956 (in Fynbos on coastal dunes on the Cape Peninsula and the Cape Flats as well as the West Cape) 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「Kedestes barberae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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