Neita durbani

Neita durbani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Neita
Species:	N. durbani
Binomial name
Neita durbani (Trimen, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
Pseudonympha D'Urbani Trimen, 1887 Neocoenyra durbani

D’Urban’s Brown (Neita durbani) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa in scattered populations in grasslands in the eastern Cape and grassy mountain slopes at medium altitude from the Camdeboo Mountains along the escarpment to Bedford and Stutterheim south to Grahamstown and north to the Dordrecht Kloof and Jamestown.

The wingspan is 45–48 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from late October to February (with a peak in mid summer). There is a single extended generation per year.^[2]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses. Larvae have been reared on Ehrharta erecta.

References

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