Stygionympha vansoni
Species of butterfly
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Stygionympha vansoni, also known as Van Son's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, specifically in the Northern Cape, from the Kamiesberge to the Springbok area.
| Stygionympha vansoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Stygionympha |
| Species: | S. vansoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Stygionympha vansoni (Pennington, 1953)[1] | |
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The wingspan is 36–38 mm for males and 38–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
