Dira jansei

Dira jansei
Dira jansei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Dira
Species: D. jansei
Binomial name
Dira jansei
(Swierstra, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Leptoneura jansei Swierstra, 1911[1]

Janse’s Widow (Dira jansei) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found on wooded hillsides in the savanna/grassland ecotone in the Limpopo Provinces Strydpoortberg and Drakensberg and from the Makapans Cave to Mariepskop.

The wingspan is 48-55 mm for males and 52-58 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late February to mid March. There is one generation per year[2]

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta and Pennisetum clandestinum.

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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