Appearance
The wingspan is 26.5–34 mm for males and 33–41 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round with peaks from September to October and from April to June in the eastern part of the range.Naming
* ''M. s. silenus''─⟶ Range: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, DRC, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, north-western Zambia
⤷ ''M. s. nzoiae'' d'Abrera, 1980
─⟶ Range: Ethiopia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, northern Oman, western and northern Kenya
⤷ ''M. s. ficedula''
─⟶ Range: southern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia: Caprivi, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces
⤷ ''M. s. penningtoni'' Dickson & Stephen, 1971
─⟶ Range: western South Africa: Western Cape to Northern Cape
⤷ ''M. s. suzannae'' Larsen & Plowes, 1991
─⟶ Range: northern Namibia
Food
The larvae feed on ''Ficus'' species, including ''F. capensis'', ''F. stipulate'', ''F. cordata'', ''F. sur'', ''F. pumila'' and ''F. ingens''.References:
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