Dingana clarki

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

Clark's widow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Dingana
Species:
D. clarki
Binomial name
Dingana clarki
van Son, 1955[1]
Synonyms
  • Serradinga clarki (van Son, 1955)

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.[2]

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
  1. Dingana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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