Leucochitonea levubu, the white-cloaked skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Botswana to the former Transvaal and to Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of dry savanna.[2]
| White-cloaked skipper | |
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| Perched imago in Kruger National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Abantis |
| Species: | A. levubu
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| Binomial name | |
| Abantis levubu Wallengren, 1857[1]
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The wingspan is 30–40 mm for males and 35–45 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from November to April (with a peak from January to February). There is one extended generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Grewia flava.
Gallery
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Imago specimen -
Feeding on sleepy morning nectar
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Leucochitonea levubu.
- ^ Leucochitonea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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