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Caprona pillaana (Ragged Skipper)

Synonyms: Caprona cassualalla; Stethotrix heterogyna

Wikipedia Abstract

Caprona pillaana, the ragged skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, from Mozambique to eastern Africa, Ethiopia and south-western Arabia. The wingspan is 30–37 mm for males and 35–44 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks from September to November and from March to May in southern Africa. The larvae feed on Grewia species (including Grewia flava and Grewia monticola), Dombeya species (including Dombeya rotundifolia and Dombeya burgessiae) and Sterculia quinqueloba).
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Prey / Diet

Dombeya burgessiae (Pink Wild Pear)[1]
Grewia bicolor (White Raisin)[1]
Grewia flava (Velvet Raisin)[1]
Sterculia quinqueloba (Large-leaved Star-chestnut)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0