Dingana clara
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| Dingana clara | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Dingana |
| Species: | D. clara |
| Binomial name | |
| Dingana clara (van Son, 1940)[1] | |
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The Wolkberg Widow (Dingana clara) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is only known from the Wolkberg in the Limpopo Province.
The wingspan is 60-65 mm for males and 56-62 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to November (with a peak in October). There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species, including Pennisetum clandestinum.
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