Kedestes sublineata, the black-veined ranger, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Namibia.[3] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

Kedestes sublineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Kedestes
Species:
K. sublineata
Binomial name
Kedestes sublineata
Pennington, 1953[1]
Synonyms
  • Kedestes lepenula sublineata Pennington, 1953[2]

Adults are on wing year round, except in the winter months.

References

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  1. ^ Kedestes, funet.fi
  2. ^ Pennington, K. M. (1953). "New Species and Subspecies and Other Additions to the Butterflies of Southern Africa, together with New Records of Little Known Species". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 16 (2): 110. hdl:10520/AJA00128789_3554.
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae