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Morant's Skipper or Morant's Orange (''Parosmodes morantii'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and from western Kenya to Ghana. The wingspan is 28–31 mm for males and 33-35 for females. Adults are on wing from July to early October and from December to May in a stronger summer brood (with a peak from February to March). There are two generations per year.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Combretum'' species (including ''Combretum queinzii'' and ''Combretum molle''), ''Bridelia'' species (including ''Bridelia micrantha''), ''Quisqualis'', ''Terminalia'' and ''Syzygium cordatum''. ==Subspecies== *''Parosmodes morantii morantii'' (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal) *''Parosmodes morantii axis'' Evans, 1937 (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania) 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「Parosmodes morantii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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