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Dirini
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Dirini

Dirini is one of the tribes in the butterfly subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. Consisting of 29 species in 6 genera, the group's members are exclusively found in southern Africa.

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7 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Spotted Widows

genusDira

Aeropetes

genusAeropetes

Dark Widows

genusTarsocera

Bush Beauties

genusParalethe

Broad Widows

genusTorynesis

Early Widows

genusDingana

Grass Widows

genusSerradinga

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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 970412.