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