Dingana bowkeri

Dingana bowkeri
Dingana bowkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Dingana
Species: D. bowkeri
Binomial name
Dingana bowkeri
(Trimen, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leptoneura bowkeri Trimen, 1870
  • Serradinga bowkeri (Trimen, 1870)

Bowker’s Widow (Dingana bowkeri) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, in the eastern Cape, Lesotho and Richmond and Cradock in the Cape province.

The wingspan is 50-55 mm for males and 48-54 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February (with a peak from December to January). There is one generation per year[2]

The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species, probably including Merxmuellera species. Larvae have been reared on Pennisetum clandestinum.

Subspecies

  • Dingana bowkeri bowkeri (north-eastern Cape, Natal, Lesotho, Transvaal, Orange Free State)
  • Dingana bowkeri bella van Son, 1955 (central Cape (Richmond))

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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