Dira jansei
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Dira jansei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Satyrini |
Genus: | Dira |
Species: | D. jansei |
Binomial name | |
Dira jansei (Swierstra, 1911) | |
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Janse’s Widow (Dira jansei) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found on wooded hillsides in the savanna/grassland ecotone in the Limpopo Provinces Strydpoortberg and Drakensberg and from the Makapans Cave to Mariepskop.
The wingspan is 48-55 mm for males and 52-58 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late February to mid March. There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta and Pennisetum clandestinum.
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