Dingana fraterna

Dingana fraterna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Dingana
Species: D. fraterna
Binomial name
Dingana fraterna
Henning & Henning, 1996[1]

The Stoffberg Widow (Dingana fraterna) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is only known from one hillside to the south-west of the Stoffberg in the Mpumalanga province.

The wingspan is 56–61 mm for males and 55–57 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid to late October. There is one generation per year[2]

The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species.

References

  1. Dingana, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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