Dingana clarki
Dingana clarki, or Clark's widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa.
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Species: | D. clarki |
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Dingana clarki van Son, 1955[1] | |
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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)
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