Stygionympha robertsoni
(Redirected from Robertson's brown)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Stygionympha |
| Species: | S. robertson
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Stygionympha robertsoni, or Robertson's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, in Northern Cape, the southern part of Free State, the northern part of Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 38–40 mm. Adults are on wing from August to March. There are probably multiple generations per year.[2]
Individuals based in Witsand feature darker coloration that the specimens from other regions like Free State.[3]
Habitat and behavior
[edit]The larvae feed on Poaceae grasses. Larvae have also been reared on Ehrharta erecta.[citation needed]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stygionympha robertsoni.
Wikispecies has information related to Stygionympha robertsoni.
- ^ "Stygionympha van Son, 1955" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ^ Krüger, M. (2000). "A review of the afrotropical Cabera subalba group, with description of the first Southern African species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Metamorphosis. 11 (3): 111–121. ISSN 2307-5031 – via Lepsoc.