List of Butterfly Species Recorded at Ishona Langa During the Following Butterfly Surveys

List of butterfly species recorded at Ishona Langa during the following butterfly surveys:

HESPERIOIDEA

1.FAMILY HESPERIIDAE

a)SUBFAMILY PYRGINAE

*Sarangesa Moore

*Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren) FOREST ELF

* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker) SMALL ELF

b)SUBFAMILY HESPERIINAE

*Kedestes Watson

* Kedestes macomo (Trimen) MACOMO RANGER

PAPILIONOIDEA

1.FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE

a)SUBFAMILY PAPILIONINAE

TRIBE PAPILIONINI

*Papilio Linnaeus

* Subgenus Princeps Hubner

* Papilio (Princeps) demodocus demodocus Esper CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL

* Papilio (Princeps) nireus nireus LinnaeusGREEN-BANDED SWALLOWTAIL

2.FAMILY PIERIDAE

a)SUBFAMILY COLIADINAE

*Catopsilia Hubner

* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius) AFRICAN MIGRANT

*Eurema Hubner

*Subgenus Eurema Hubner

*Eurema (Eurema) brigitta brigitta (Stoll)

BROAD-BORDERED GRASS YELLOW

b)SUBFAMILY PIERINAE

TRIBE PIERINI

*Nepheronia Butler

Nepheronia buquetii buquetii (Boisduval)BUQUET’S VAGRANT

*Eronia Hubner

Eronia leda (Boisduval)

*Colotis Hubner

Subgenus Colotis Hubner

Colotis (Colotis) antevippe gavisa (Wallengren) RED-TIP

Colotis (Colotis) auxo (Lucas) SULPHUR-ORANGE TIP

Colotis (Colotis) danae annae (Wallengren) SCARLET TIP

Colotis (Colotis) euippe omphale (Godart) SMOKY-ORANGE TIP

Colotis (Colotis) ione (Godart) BUSHVELD PURPLE TIP

*Belenois Hubner

SubgenusAnaphaeis Hubner

Belenois (Anaphaeis) aurota aurota (Fabricius) BROWN-VEINED WHITE

Belenois (Anaphaeis) creona severina (Stoll)AFRICAN COMMON WHITE

Subgenus Pseudanaphaeis Bernardi

Belenois (Pseudanaphaeis) gidica (Godart)AFRICAN VEINED WHITE

*Mylothris Hubner

Mylothris agathina agathina (Cramer) COMMON DOTTED BORDER

3.FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE

a)SUBFAMILY ACRAEINAE

*Acraea Fabricius (Acraea) Fabricius

Hyalites (Hyalites) encedon encedon (Linnaeus)

WHITE-BARRED ACRAEA

b)SUBFAMILY DANAINAE

TRIBE DANAINI

*Danaus Kluk

Subgenus Anosia Hubner

Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus aegyptius (Schreber) AFRICAN MONARCH

c)SUBFAMILY ARGYNNINAE

*Phalanta Horsfield

Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild and Jordan) AFRICAN LEOPARD

d)SUBFAMILY NYMPHALINAE

*Hypolimnas Hubner

Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus) COMMON DIADEM

*Junonia Hubner

Junonia archesia archesia (Cramer) GARDEN COMMODORE

Junonia hierta cebrene TrimenYELLOW PANSY

Junonia natalica natalica (Felder and Felder)BROWN PANSY

*Cynthia Fabricius

Cynthia cardui (Linnaeus) PAINTED LADY

e)SUBFAMILY CHARAXINAE

*Charaxes Ochsenheimer

Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger WHITE-BARRED EMPEROR

Charaxes varanes varanes (Cramer) PEARL EMPEROR

4.FAMILY LYCAENIDAE

a)SUBFAMILY MILETINAE

TRIBE LACHNOCNEMINI

*Lachnocnema Trimen

Lachnocnema lachesSOUTHERN PIED WOLLY LEGS

b)SUBFAMILY THECLINAE

TRIBE APHNAEINI Distant

*Chrysoritis Butler

Chrysoritis natalensis (Van Son) NATAL OPAL

TRIBE HYPOLYCAENINI

*Leptomyrina Butler

Leptomyrina (Leptomyrina) hirundo (Wallengren) TAILED BLACK-EYE

c)SUBFAMILY POLYOMMATINAE0

TRIBE LYCAENESTHINI

*Anthene Doubleday

Anthene amarah amarah (Guérin-Méneville) BLACK-STRIPED HAIRTAIL

TRIBE POLYOMMATINI

*Tuxentius Larsen

Tuxentius melaena melaena (Trimen) BLACK PIE

* Zintha Eliot

Zintha hintza hintza (Trimen) HINTZA BLUE

*Zizeeria Chapman

Zizeeria knysna (Trimen) SOOTY BLUE

*Azanus Moore

Azanus natalensis (Trimen) NATAL-SPOTTED BLUE