Stygionympha
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Stygionympha 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
- Stygionympha curleiStygionympha curleiCurle’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, on high altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 2,000 meters along the Drakensberg mountain-range in northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga....
Henning & Henning, 1996 - Stygionympha dicksoniStygionympha dicksoniDisckson’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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 extinct there....
(Riley, 1938) - Stygionympha geraldiStygionympha geraldiGerald’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, in succulent Karoo areas inland from the northern Cape coast....
Pennington, 1970 - Stygionympha irrorataStygionympha irrorataThe Karoo Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, it is widespread in the Nama Karoo areas of the northern Cape, the southern parts of the Orange Free State, the northern part of the western Cape and the eastern Cape.The wingspan is 32-36 mm...
(Trimen, 1873) - Stygionympha robertsoniStygionympha robertsoniRobertson’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, in the northern Cape, the southern part of the Orange Free State, the northern part of the western Cape and the eastern Cape....
(Riley, 1932) - Stygionympha scotinaStygionympha scotinaThe Eastern Hillside Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on the seaward side of the mountains from Cederberg south to the Cape Peninsula in the western Cape and along the Drakensberg mountains to Grahamstown in the eastern Cape.The wingspan is 45-48 mm....
Quickelberge, 1977 - Stygionympha vansoniStygionympha vansoniVan Son’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, in the northern Cape from the Kamiesberg to the Springbok area....
(Pennington, 1953) - Stygionympha vigilansStygionympha vigilansThe Western Hillside Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on the seaward side of the mountains from Cederberg south to the Cape Peninsula in the western Cape and along the Drakensberg mountains to Grahamstown in the eastern Cape.The wingspan is 45-48 mm...
(Trimen, 1887) - Stygionympha wichgrafiStygionympha wichgrafiWichgraf’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.The wingspan is 40-50 mm. Adults are on wing from August to March...
van Son, 1955