en Dingana fraterna

Stoffberg widow
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Dingana
Species:	D. fraterna
Binomial name
	Dingana fraterna; Henning & Henning, 1996

Dingana fraterna, the Stoffberg widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is only known from one hillside to the south-west of the Stoffberg in the Mpumalanga province.

Description

The wingspan is 56–61 mm for males and 55–57 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid-to late October. There is one generation per year^[2]

Similar to D. angusta, this butterfly features white and orange postdiscal spots on the upperside of forewing.^[3]

Habitat and behavior

This butterfly is associated with Sekhukhune Montane Grassland (Gm 19) (Mucina and Rutherford).^[3]

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Williams, M.C. (2009). "Two specials in two weekends- rediscovering Lepidochryops lotana and Dingana fraterna" (PDF). Metamosphosis. 20 (1). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 11–14.

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[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.

[:0-3] Williams, M.C. (2009). "Two specials in two weekends- rediscovering Lepidochryops lotana and Dingana fraterna" (PDF). Metamosphosis. 20 (1). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 11–14.

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Dingana fraterna

Description

Habitat and behavior

References

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