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Kedestes
Sign in to saveKedestes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, commonly known as rangers. The genus is restricted to the Afrotropical realm, where it occurs mostly in the East and South. The larvae of several species feed on grasses. It is thought to be related to Ampittia.
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- South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Kedestes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, commonly known as rangers. The genus is restricted to the Afrotropical realm, where it occurs mostly in the East and South. The larvae of several species feed on grasses. It is thought to be related to Ampittia.
==Species== Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884) Kedestes lema Neave, 1910 Kedestes lenis Riley, 1932 Kedestes lepenula (Wallengren, 1857) Kedestes macomo (Trimen, 1862) Kedestes malua Neave, 1910 Kedestes marshalli Aurivillius, 1925 Kedestes niveostriga (Trimen, 1864) Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907 Kedestes straeleni Evans, 1956 Kedestes sublineata Pennington, 1953
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