Genus: Tarsocera

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).

Tarsocera cassina (Sand-dune widow)
Tarsocera cassus (Spring widow)
Tarsocera dicksoni (Dickson's widow)
Tarsocera fulvina (Karoo widow)
Tarsocera imitator (Deceptive widow)
Tarsocera namaquensis (Namaqua widow)
Tarsocera southeyae (Southey's widow)

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.