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Dingana dingana (Dingaan’s Widow)

Synonyms: Leptoneura dingana

Wikipedia Abstract

Dingana dingana (Dingaan’s widow) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the KwaZulu-Natal midfields from the Drakensberg foothills to the Mooi River. The wingspan is 58–62 mm for males and 55–60 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October (with a peak in October). There is one generation per year The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta and Pennisetum clandestinum.
View Wikipedia Record: Dingana dingana

Infraspecies

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Dingana dingana

Prey / Diet

Cenchrus clandestinus (kikuyugrass)[1]

External References

Citations

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