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| Janse's widow | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Dira |
| Species: | D. jansei |
| Binomial name | |
| Dira jansei (Swierstra, 1911) | |
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Dira jansei, or Janse's widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on wooded hillsides in the savanna/grassland ecotone in Limpopo's Strydpoortberg and Drakensberg and from the Makapans Cave to Mariepskop.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 52–58 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late February to mid-March. There is one generation per year.[2]
Habitat and behavior
[edit]It is observed residing near steep-grass covered slopes, with loose rocks, a terrain which is hazardous.[3]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta and Pennisetum clandestinum.
References
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- ↑ "Dira Hübner, [1819]" 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.
- ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2001). "Looking for Dira". Metamorphosis. 12 (2). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 50–52. ISSN 1018-6490 – via Lepsoc.
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