Tarsocera dicksoni

Tarsocera dicksoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Tarsocera
Species: T. dicksoni
Binomial name
Tarsocera dicksoni
(van Son, 1962)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cassus dicksoni van Son, 1962
  • Tarsocera dicksoni ab. cassinodes Vári, 1971

Dickson’s Widow (Tarsocera dicksoni) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, in the northern and western Cape from Springbok south and west to Piketberg and east to the Swartberg Pass.

The wingspan is 42–52 mm for males and 50–57 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to early December (with a peak in October or November). There is one generation per year[2]

The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species.

References

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