Dingana clarki

Dingana clarki
Dingana clarki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Dingana
Species: D. clarki
Binomial name
Dingana clarki
van Son, 1955[1]
Synonyms
  • Serradinga clarki (van Son, 1955)

Clark’s Widow (Dingana clarki) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 45-54 mm for males and 44-52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February (with a peak from December to January, later for the northern populations). There is one generation per year[2]

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

Subspecies

  • Dingana clarki clarki (eastern Cape)
  • Dingana clarki amissivallis (Henning & Henning, 1996) (Verloren Valei in Mpumalanga)
  • Dingana clarki dracomontana (Henning & Henning, 1996) (lower Drakensberg, from eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga)
  • Dingana clarki ocra (Henning & Henning, 1996) (Mpumalanga Drakensberg)

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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