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Spotted Widows
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Spotted Widows

Dira

Dira is a town in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. As of 2005 it had a population of 3,209.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cape Autumn Widow

speciesDira clytus

Swanepoel’s Widow

speciesDira swanepoeli

Pondoland Widow

speciesDira oxylus

Janse’s Widow

speciesDira jansei

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Spotted Widows in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.18

Spotted Widows in Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.96

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Every page naming Dira in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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 527428.