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Stygionympha dicksoni (Dickson's brown butterfly)

Synonyms: Pseudonympha dicksoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Disckson’s Brown (Stygionympha dicksoni) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, in the south-western part of the western Cape. It was also found at the Tygerberg, but is now extinct there. The wingspan is 34–37 mm for males and 35–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on Poaceae grasses, including Tribolium echinatum.
View Wikipedia Record: Stygionympha dicksoni

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Stygionympha dicksoni

Prey / Diet

Tribolium ciliare[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