Stygionympha | |
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Stygionympha wichgrafi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
Tribe: | Satyrini |
Genus: | Stygionympha van Son, 1955 |
Diversity | |
Nine species |
Stygionympha is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.
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Chrysoritis, commonly called opals or coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in southern Africa and particularly South Africa.
Lepidochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Thestor is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are Afrotropical.
Kedestes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.The genus is restricted to the Afrotropical realm.
Dingana is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Pseudonympha is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Stygionympha scotina, the eastern hillside brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa on the seaward side of the mountains from Cederberg south to the Cape Peninsula in Western Cape and along the Drakensberg mountains to Grahamstown in Eastern Cape.
Stygionympha wichgrafi, or Wichgraf's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.