Dira jansei
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| name = Janse's widow
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| taxon = Dira jansei
| authority = (Swierstra, 1911)
| synonyms = *Leptoneura jansei Swierstra, 1911[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/dira/ "Dira Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Dira jansei, or Janse's widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on wooded hillsides in the savanna/grassland ecotone in Limpopo's Strydpoortberg and Drakensberg and from the Makapans Cave to Mariepskop.
Description
The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 52–58 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late February to mid-March. There is one generation per year.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}
Habitat and behavior
It is observed residing near steep-grass covered slopes, with loose rocks, a terrain which is hazardous.{{Cite journal |last=Woodhall |first=Steve |date=2001 |title=Looking for Dira |url=https://metamorphosis.org.za/?p=articles&s=Details&i=799 |journal=Metamorphosis |publisher=The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=50–52 |issn=((1018-6490)) |via=Lepsoc}}
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta and Pennisetum clandestinum.
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Category:Butterflies described in 1911
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