Stygionympha dicksoni

Stygionympha dicksoni, or Dickson's hillside brown,^[1] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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 extirpated from there.

Stygionympha dicksoni
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Stygionympha
Species:	S. dicksoni
Binomial name
Stygionympha dicksoni (Riley, 1938)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Pseudonympha dicksoni Riley, 1938

The wingspan is 34–37 mm for males and 35–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October. There is one generation per year.^[4]

The larvae feed on Poaceae grasses, including Tribolium echinatum.