Dingana alaedeus

Wakkerstroom widow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Dingana
Species: D. alaedeus
Binomial name
Dingana alaedeus
Henning & Henning, 1984[1]

Dingana alaedeus (Wakkerstroom widow) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is only known from high altitude grassland in the southern part of the Mpumalanga province and from KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is 51–55 mm for males and 50–54 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid October to December (with a peak in November or December). There is one generation per year[2]

The larvae probably feed on various Poaceae species. Larvae have been reared on Pennisetum clandestinum.

References

  1. Dingana, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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