Dingana bowkeri

Dingana bowkeri, or Bowker's widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, in the Eastern Cape and Richmond and Cradock in the Cape Province.

Bowker's widow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Dingana
Species:
D. bowkeri
Binomial name
Dingana bowkeri
(Trimen, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leptoneura bowkeri Trimen, 1870
  • Serradinga bowkeri (Trimen, 1870)

The wingspan is 50–55 mm for males and 48–54 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February (with a peak from December to January). There is one generation per year.[2]

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

Subspecies
  • Dingana bowkeri bowkeri (north-eastern Cape, Natal, Lesotho, Transvaal, Orange Free State)
  • Dingana bowkeri bella van Son, 1955 (central Cape: Richmond)
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References
  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.


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