Dingana kammanassiensis
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Dingana kammanassiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Satyrini |
Genus: | Dingana |
Species: | D. kammanassiensis |
Binomial name | |
Dingana kammanassiensis Henning & Henning, 1994[1] | |
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The Kammanassie Widow (Dingana kammanassiensis) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is only known from the slopes of the Kammanassie massif near Uniondale in South Africa.
The wingspan is 41-60 mm for males and 52-58 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January (with a peak in December). There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species, probably including Merxmuellera species.
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