Dingana clarki
| Dingana clarki | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Dingana |
| Species: | D. clarki |
| Binomial name | |
| Dingana clarki van Son, 1955[1] | |
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Clark’s Widow (Dingana clarki) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa.
The wingspan is 45–54 mm for males and 44–52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February (with a peak from December to January, later for the northern populations). There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species. Larvae have been reared on Pennisetum clandestinum.
Subspecies
- Dingana clarki clarki (eastern Cape)
- Dingana clarki amissivallis (Henning & Henning, 1996) (Verloren Valei in Mpumalanga)
- Dingana clarki dracomontana (Henning & Henning, 1996) (lower Drakensberg, from eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga)
- Dingana clarki ocra (Henning & Henning, 1996) (Mpumalanga Drakensberg)
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