Dira clytus

Dira clytus
Dira clytus depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Dira
Species: D. clytus
Binomial name
Dira clytus
(Linnaeus, 1764)
Synonyms
  • Papilio clytus Linnaeus, 1764
  • Leptoneura clytus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Papilio tisiphone von Rottemburg, 1775

The Cape Autumn Widow (Dira clytus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults of ssp. clytus are on wing from late February to April and of ssp. eurina from late February to late March. There is one generation per year[2]

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta, Pennisetum clandestinum, Stipa dregeana, Panicum deustrum, Stenotaphrum glabrum and Stenotaphrum secundatum.

Subspecies

References

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