Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Neita durbani | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Satyrini Rank Species | |
D'Urban's brown (Neita durbani) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa in scattered populations in grasslands in the eastern Cape and grassy mountain slopes at medium altitude from the Camdeboo Mountains along the escarpment to Bedford and Stutterheim south to Grahamstown and north to the Dordrecht Kloof and Jamestown.
The wingspan is 45–48 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from late October to February (with a peak in mid-summer). There is a single extended generation per year.
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses. Larvae have been reared on Ehrharta erecta.
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