Stygionympha wichgrafi

Stygionympha wichgrafi, or Wichgraf's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

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

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
  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.


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