| Stoffberg widow | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
Similar to D. angusta, this butterfly features white and orange postdiscal spots on the upperside of forewing.
Habitat and behavior
This butterfly is associated with Sekhukhune Montane Grassland (Gm 19) (Mucina and Rutherford).
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species.
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.
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Dingana fraterna | |
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