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Tarsocera cassus (Spring Widow)

Synonyms: Papilio cassus

Wikipedia Abstract

Tarsocera cassus (spring widow) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan is 42–52 mm for males and 50–57 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December (with a peak in October or November). There is one generation per year The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Lolium temulentum and Haparrhenia hirta.
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Infraspecies

Tarsocera cassus cassus
Tarsocera cassus outeniqua

Prey / Diet

Hyparrhenia hirta (thatching grass)[1]
Lolium temulentum (poison darnel)[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