Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Stygionympha scotina | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Satyrini Rank Subspecies | |
The Eastern Hillside Brown (Stygionympha scotina) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on the seaward side of the mountains from Cederberg south to the Cape Peninsula in the western Cape and along the Drakensberg mountains to Grahamstown in the eastern Cape.
The wingspan is 45–48 mm. Adults are on wing from September to March. There are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
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