Durbania amakosa, the Amakosa rocksitter, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa.
| Durbania amakosa | |
|---|---|
| |
| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Durbania |
| Species: | D. amakosa
|
| Binomial name | |
| Durbania amakosa | |
The wingspan is 26–35 mm for males and 29–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on cyanobacteria species.
Subspecies
edit- Durbania amakosa amakosa (KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape)
- Durbania amakosa albescens Quickelberge, 1981 (localised from Margate to Port Edward in southern KwaZulu-Natal)
- Durbania amakosa ayresi van Son, 1941 (along Drakensberg from Eswatini to Mpumalanga)
- Durbania amakosa flavida Quickelberge, 1981 (rare and localised in lower KwaZulu-Natal hills)
- Durbania amakosa natalensis van Son, 1959 (KwaZulu-Natal midlands and Drakensberg foothills)
- Durbania amakosa penningtoni van Son, 1959 (Eastern Cape from Bedford to Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth)
- Durbania amakosa sagittata Henning & Henning, 1993 (eastern Drakensberg and Maluti foothills and Free State)
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Durbania amakosa.
Wikispecies has information related to Durbania amakosa.
- ^ Durbania at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.