Dingana fraterna

Dingana fraterna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Dingana
Species:	D. fraterna
Binomial name
Dingana fraterna Henning & Henning, 1996[1]

The Stoffberg Widow (Dingana fraterna) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is only known from one hillside to the south-west of the Stoffberg in the Mpumalanga province.

The wingspan is 56-61 mm for males and 55-57 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid to late October. There is one generation per year^[2]

The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species.

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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