Dira (butterfly)
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Dira is a butterfly
genus
from the subfamily Satyrinae
in the family Nymphalidae
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Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
from the subfamily Satyrinae
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
- Dira clytusDira clytusThe Cape Autumn Widow is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa.The wingspan is 45-55 mm. Adults of ssp. clytus are on wing from late February to April and of ssp. eurina from late February to late March...
(Linnaeus, 1764) - Dira janseiDira janseiJanse’s Widow is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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....
(Swierstra, 1911) - Dira oxylusDira oxylusThe Pondoland Widow is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in from the lower Drakensberg foothills from the eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa....
(Trimen, 1881) - Dira swanepoeliDira swanepoeliThe Swanepoel’s Widow is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Limpopo Province and the southern slopes of the Blouberg Range in South Africa....
(van Son, 1939)