Dingana clara
| Dingana clara | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Dingana |
| Species: | D. clara |
| Binomial name | |
| Dingana clara (van Son, 1940)[1] | |
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The Wolkberg Widow (Dingana clara) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is only known from the Wolkberg in the Limpopo Province.
The wingspan is 60–65 mm for males and 56–62 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to November (with a peak in October). There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species, including Pennisetum clandestinum.
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