Stygionympha wichgrafi

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Stygionympha wichgrafi		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Satyrini Rank Subspecies

Wichgraf's Brown (Stygionympha wichgrafi) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing from August to March. There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

Subspecies

Stygionympha wichgrafi wichgrafi (hills of the Orange Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo Province, North Western Province and Mpumalanga)

Stygionympha wichgrafi lannini van Son, 1966 (Zimbabwe, Mozambique)

Stygionympha wichgrafi williami Henning & Henning, 1996 (KwaZulu-Natal, the Orange Free State and from the mountains of Lesotho to the eastern Cape)

Stygionympha wichgrafi grisea Henning & Henning, 1996 (low altitude hinterland of the KwaZulu-Natal coast)

References

Stygionympha wichgrafi Wikipedia

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