Torynesis mintha, the mintha widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Torynesis |
| Species: | T. mintha
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| Binomial name | |
| Torynesis mintha | |
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The wingspan is 40–45 mm for males and 45–48 mm for females. Adults of subspecies mintha are on wing from March to April and of piquetbergensis from April to May. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Merxmuellera and Danthonia species.
Subspecies
edit- Torynesis mintha mintha (south-western Cape)
- Torynesis mintha piquetbergensis Dickson, 1967 (Piquetberg Mountains)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Torynesis mintha.
- ^ "Torynesis Butler, [1899]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.