Dotta (butterfly)

Dotta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Astictopterini
Genus: Dotta
Grishin in Cong et al., 2019
Type species
Dotta stellata
(Mabille, 1891)

Dotta is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The species are known by the common name of dark sylphs. They are found in southern and eastern Africa.