Dingana
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A South African endemic genus with a number of recently described species. Some species placed in this genus by Ackery et al. (1995) have been removed to Serradinga.Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Tree based on the morphological +DNA phylogenetic analysis of Price et al. (2011). Some of the species appear to be very closely-related or not differentiated from one another according to these data.References
Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I. (Eds.) 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies. CSIRO, Canberra. 803 pp.
Price, B.W., Villet, M.H., Walton, S.M., Barker, N.P. 2011. Using molecules and morphology to infer the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Dirini (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), a tribe of butterflies endemic to southern Africa. Systematic Entomology 36: 300-316.
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