Dickson's widow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Tarsocera |
Species: | T. dicksoni |
Binomial name | |
Tarsocera dicksoni (van Son, 1962) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Tarsocera dicksoni, or Dickson's widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, in the Northern and Western Cape from Springbok south and west to Piketberg and east, and to the Swartberg Pass.
The wingspan is 42–52 mm for males and 50–57 mm for females. Adults are seen on wing from September to early December (with a peak in October or November). There is one generation per year. [2]
The larvae are believed to feed on various Poaceae species.
Dickson's copper or Dickson's strandveld copper is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known inland from Witsand in a single spot in fynbos. Previously, it was also found north of Cape Town. It is sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Oxychaeta.
Chrysoritis pan, the Pan opal, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in the Western Cape, the Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape.
Zizeeria knysna, the dark grass blue or African grass blue, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Africa, on Cyprus and the Iberian Peninsula.
Tsitana, commonly called sylphs, is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae are found primarily in Africa. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella.
Tarsocera cassina, the sand-dune widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa in the Western Cape along the coast from Lambert's Bay to Bredasdorp.
Tarsocera cassus, the spring widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa.
Tarsocera fulvina, the Karoo widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa in the western Cape from the Hex River Mountains to the Roggeveld escarpment and the Sneeuberg, south to Grootwindhoekberge in the eastern Cape.
Tarsocera southeyae, or Southey's widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa at medium altitudes from Calvinia in the Northern Cape to Willowmore and Jansenville in the Eastern Cape.
Tarsocera imitator, the deceptive widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, in Namaqualand from Steinkopf in the Northern Cape south to the Lambert's Bay area in the Western Cape.
Tarsocera namaquensis, the Namaqua widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from Steinkopf in Namaqualand south to Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape.
Stygionympha dicksoni, or Dickson's hillside brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, in the south-western part of the Western Cape. It was also found at the Tygerberg, but is now extirpated from there.
Tsitana dicksoni, the Dickson's sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa where it is only known from the Franschhoek Pass and Klein Drakenstein Mountains in the Western Cape and Garcia's and Robinson Pass. The habitat consists of grassy spots in montane fynbos vegetation.
Thestor dicksoni, the Dickson's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa.
Myrina silenus, the common fig-tree blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, southern Arabia and northern Oman.
Aloeides dicksoni, the Dickson's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the Eastern Cape Drakensberg.
Chrysoritis beaufortius, the Beaufort opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found only in South Africa.
Cacyreus dicksoni, the Dickson's geranium bronze, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa, from the West Cape along the coast to the North Cape.
Lepidochrysops methymna, the monkey blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa.
Oraidium barberae, the dwarf blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe. In South Africa it is found from the Western Cape, north to Namaqualand, the Northern Cape and east to the Eastern Cape and the Free State as well as northern KwaZulu-Natal.