Dingana jerinae

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

Jerine’s Widow (Dingana jerinae) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is only known from the upper southern scree slopes of the Kransberg in the Limpopo Province.

The wingspan is 65-72 mm. Adults are on wing in November. There is one generation per year[2]

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

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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