Dira jansei
| Janse’s widow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Dira |
| Species: | D. jansei |
| Binomial name | |
| Dira jansei (Swierstra, 1911) | |
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Dira jansei (Janse’s widow) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on wooded hillsides in the savanna/grassland ecotone in the Limpopo Provinces Strydpoortberg and Drakensberg and from the Makapans Cave to Mariepskop.
The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 52–58 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late February to mid March. There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta and Pennisetum clandestinum.
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