Dingana jerinae
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Dingana jerinae | |
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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
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