Eagris nottoana

Eagris nottoana, also known as the rufous-winged flat or rufous-winged elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from South Africa to Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, and on Madagascar.

Eagris nottoana
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Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. nottoana
Binomial name
Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)[2]
Synonyms[3]
List Pterygospidea nottoana Wallengren, 1857 Eagris melancholica Mabille, 1889 Nisoniades flavipalpis Plötz, 1884 Nisoniades phyllophyla Trimen, 1883

The wingspan is 35–42 mm (1.4–1.7 in) for males and 39–43 mm (1.5–1.7 in) for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in summer and autumn.^[4]

The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis, Dombeya cymosa, Scutia commersoni, Scutia myrtina and Rinorea arborea.

Subspecies

• Eagris nottoana nottoana - Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape Province
• Eagris nottoana knysna Evans, 1946 - from the western to the eastern Cape in coastal Afromontane forests
• Eagris nottoana smithii (Mabille, [1887]) - south-western Madagascar