Dingana clarki
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| Dingana clarki | |
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| 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] | |
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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)
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