Myrina silenus

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. == Habitat and behavior ==

The larvae feed on Ficus species, including F. capensis, F. cordata, F. sur, F. pumila and F. ingens. ==Subspecies==

• 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 (Trimen, 1879) ::Range: southern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia: Caprivi, Eswatini, 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 ==References==