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Broad Widows
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Broad Widows

Torynesis

Torynesis is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It comprises five species from South Africa and Lesotho. It is one of the genera in the tribe Dirini Verity, 1953; other genera of this tribe that are found in the Afrotropical Region are Paralethe, Aeropetes, Tarsocera, Dira, Serradinga and Dingana.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

mintha widow

speciesTorynesis mintha

Hawequas Veined Widow

speciesTorynesis hawequas

large widow

speciesTorynesis magna

Torynesis orangica

speciesTorynesis orangica

Torynesis pringlei

speciesTorynesis pringlei

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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 626180.