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Dira oxylus
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dira oxylus, the Pondoland widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in from the lower Drakensberg foothills from the eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 50–60 mm for males and 55–65 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late December to early March. There is one generation per year[2]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta.
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