Stygionympha wichgrafi

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Stygionympha wichgrafi
Stygionympha wichgrafi williami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Stygionympha
Species: S. wichgrafi
Binomial name
Stygionympha wichgrafi
van Son, 1955[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudonympha vigilans var. johannesburgensis Wichgraf, 1911

Wichgraf’s Brown (Stygionympha wichgrafi) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing from August to March. There are probably multiple generations per year.[2]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

Stygionympha wichgrafi williami

Subspecies

  • Stygionympha wichgrafi wichgrafi (hills of the Orange Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo Province, North Western Province and Mpumalanga)
  • Stygionympha wichgrafi lannini van Son, 1966 (Zimbabwe, Mozambique)
  • Stygionympha wichgrafi williami Henning & Henning, 1996 (KwaZulu-Natal, the Orange Free State and from the mountains of Lesotho to the eastern Cape)
  • Stygionympha wichgrafi grisea Henning & Henning, 1996 (low altitude hinterland of the KwaZulu-Natal coast)

References

  1. Stygionympha, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.


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