Dotta callicles, the pale ranger, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal), Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Adults are on wing from November to April (with a peak from February to March).

[3] The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica.

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