Stygionympha scotina
| Stygionympha scotina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Stygionympha |
| Species: | S. scotina |
| Binomial name | |
| Stygionympha scotina Quickelberge, 1977[1] | |
The Eastern Hillside Brown (Stygionympha scotina) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on the seaward side of the mountains from Cederberg south to the Cape Peninsula in the western Cape and along the Drakensberg mountains to Grahamstown in the eastern Cape.
The wingspan is 45–48 mm. Adults are on wing from September to March. There are probably multiple generations per year.[2]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
Subspecies
- Stygionympha scotina scotina (Winterberge to the Drakensberg and Malutis. Also Witkoppe)
- Stygionympha scotina coetzeri Henning & Henning, 1994 (along the Drakensberg in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces)
References
- ↑ Stygionympha, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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