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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Stygionympha

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Nymphalidae > Subfamily: Satyrinae

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Vári & Kroon (2002).

Stygionympha curlei (Curle's brown)     

 

 

Stygionympha dicksoni (Dickson's brown)

 

 

Stygionympha geraldi (Gerald's brown)

 

 

Stygionympha irrorata (Karoo brown)

 

 

Stygionympha robertsoni (Robertson's brown)

 

 

Stygionympha scotina (Eastern hillside brown)

 

 

Stygionympha vansoni (Van Son's brown)

 

 

Stygionympha vigilans (Western hillside brown)

 

Stygionympha wichgrafi (Wichgraf's brown)

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.