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Dark Widows
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Dark Widows

Tarsocera

Tarsocera is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sand-dune Widow

speciesTarsocera cassina

Spring Widow

speciesTarsocera cassus

Karoo widow

speciesTarsocera fulvina

Namaqua Widow

speciesTarsocera namaquensis

Dickson's widow

speciesTarsocera dicksoni

Southey's widow

speciesTarsocera southeyae

Deceptive Widow

speciesTarsocera imitator

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149143.