Stygionympha wichgrafi
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Stygionympha wichgrafi | |
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Stygionympha wichgrafi williami | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
Tribe: | Satyrini |
Genus: | Stygionympha |
Species: | S. wichgrafi
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Binomial name | |
Stygionympha wichgrafi van Son, 1955[1]
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Stygionympha wichgrafi, or Wichgraf's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.[2]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
Subspecies
- Stygionympha wichgrafi wichgrafi (hills of Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga)
- Stygionympha wichgrafi lannini van Son, 1966 (Zimbabwe, Mozambique)
- Stygionympha wichgrafi williami Henning & Henning, 1996 (KwaZulu-Natal, 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 van Son, 1955" 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.
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