Biology:Dingana kammanassiensis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Dingana kammanassiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Dingana |
Species: | D. kammanassiensis
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Binomial name | |
Dingana kammanassiensis Henning & Henning, 1994[1]
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Dingana kammanassiensis, the Kammanassie widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is only known from the slopes of the Kammanassie massif near Uniondale in South Africa .
The wingspan is 41–60 mm for males and 52–58 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January (with a peak in December). There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species, probably including Merxmuellera species.
References
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- ↑ Dingana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q5278174 entry
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