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Dingana bowkeri (Bowker’s Widow)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dingana bowkeri (Bowker’s widow) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, in the eastern Cape, Lesotho and Richmond and Cradock in the Cape province. The wingspan is 50–55 mm for males and 48–54 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February (with a peak from December to January). There is one generation per year The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species, probably including Merxmuellera species. Larvae have been reared on Pennisetum clandestinum.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Cenchrus clandestinus (kikuyugrass)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0