Spangled sylph
At Gorongosa N. P., Mozambique
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Dotta
Species:	D. stellata
Binomial name
Dotta stellata (Mabille, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
Ceratrichia stellataMabille, 1891 Cyclopides mineniTrimen, 1894 Astictopterus stellata(Mabille, 1891)

Dotta stellata, the spangled sylph, spotted sylph or spangled skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in August and again from January to April in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Asystasia species.

Subspecies

• Dotta stellata stellata - coast of Kenya
• Dotta stellata amaniaEvans, 1947 - Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru mountains
• Dotta stellata mineni(Trimen, 1894) - southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe

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