Strelitzia Nightfighter

Moltena fiara

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Moltena fiara, the strelitzia night-fighter or banana-tree night-fighter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in coastal lowland and riverine forest from the East Cape along the KwaZulu-Natal coast to Maputaland and north to Maputo in Mozambique. The wingspan is 54–57 mm for males and 58–64 mm for females.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Strelitzia Nightfighter

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