Karoo Widow

Tarsocera fulvina

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Tarsocera fulvina, the Karoo widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa in the western Cape from the Hex River Mountains to the Roggeveld escarpment and the Sneeuberg, south to Grootwindhoekberge in the eastern Cape. The wingspan is 42–52 mm for males and 50–57 mm for females.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

Photo(c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionTarsocera fulvina, Wikipedia contributors

Karoo Widow

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