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Dingana clarki

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Satyrini

Dingana clarki, the Clark's widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 45–54 mm for males and 44–52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February (with a peak from December to January, later for the northern populations). There is one generation per year

The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species. Larvae have been reared on Pennisetum clandestinum.

Subspecies

  • Dingana clarki clarki (eastern Cape)
  • Dingana clarki amissivallis (Henning & Henning, 1996) (Verloren Valei in Mpumalanga)
  • Dingana clarki dracomontana (Henning & Henning, 1996) (lower Drakensberg, from eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga)
  • Dingana clarki ocra (Henning & Henning, 1996) (Mpumalanga Drakensberg)
  • References

    Dingana clarki Wikipedia