Stygionympha wichgrafi

Stygionympha wichgrafi
	Stygionympha wichgrafi williami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Stygionympha
Species:	S. wichgrafi
Binomial name
	Stygionympha wichgrafi; van Son, 1955[1]
Synonyms
	Pseudonympha vigilans var. johannesburgensis Wichgraf, 1911;

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.

Stygionympha wichgrafi williami

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)

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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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[1] "Stygionympha van Son, 1955" 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.