Western Hillside Brown

Stygionympha vigilans, the western hillside brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa on the seaward side of the mountains from Cederberg south to the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape and along the Drakensberg mountains to Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Western Hillside Brown being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Cassionympha detecta
• Stygionympha wichgrafi
• Pseudonympha magus
• Melampias huebneri
• Pseudonympha magoides
• Cassionympha cassius

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

Genus

Stygionympha

Species

Stygionympha vigilans

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