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List of butterflies of Eswatini

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List of butterflies of Eswatini

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Location of Eswatini

This is a list of butterflies of Eswatini. About 312 species are known from Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), none of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

  • Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
  • Papilio dardanus cenea Stoll, 1790
  • Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
  • Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
  • Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868
  • Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
  • Papilio ophidicephalus ayresi van Son, 1939

Leptocercini

  • Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
  • Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
  • Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
  • Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
  • Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
  • Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

  • Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
  • Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
  • Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763)

Pierinae

  • Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
  • Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
  • Colotis celimene amina (Hewitson, 1866)
  • Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
  • Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
  • Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
  • Colotis vesta argillaceus (Butler, 1877)
  • Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833)
  • Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823
  • Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
  • Nepheronia argia variegata Henning, 1994
  • Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
  • Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959

Pierini

  • Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
  • Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
  • Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
  • Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879)
  • Dixeia charina (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
  • Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
  • Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
  • Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Miletini

  • Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
  • Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857)

Poritiinae

Liptenini

  • Alaena amazoula amazoula (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976
  • Pentila tropicalis (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Baliochila aslanga (Trimen, 1873)
  • Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898)
  • Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954

Epitolini

  • Durbania amakosa ayresi van Son, 1941
  • Deloneura millari Trimen, 1906

Aphnaeinae

  • Chloroselas mazoensis (Trimen, 1898)
  • Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
  • Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Chrysoritis aethon (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
  • Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
  • Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
  • Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
  • Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Aloeides damarensis mashona Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870)
  • Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968
  • Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

Theclinae

  • Myrina dermaptera (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
  • Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Hemiolaus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Leptomyrina gorgias (Stoll, 1790)
  • Leptomyrina henningi Dickson, 1976
  • Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
  • Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  • Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
  • Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
  • Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
  • Stugeta bowkeri tearei Dickson, 1980
  • Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
  • Deudorix penningtoni van Son, 1949
  • Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948
  • Capys alphaeus extentus Quickelberge, 1979
  • Capys disjunctus Trimen, 1895

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

  • Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
  • Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
  • Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
  • Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893)
  • Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
  • Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
  • Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
  • Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936

Polyommatini

  • Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
  • Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
  • Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
  • Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
  • Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
  • Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
  • Harpendyreus noquasa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
  • Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
  • Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
  • Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Tarucus bowkeri transvaalensis Quickelberge, 1972
  • Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
  • Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
  • Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
  • Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
  • Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868)
  • Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
  • Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
  • Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
  • Euchrysops dolorosa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
  • Orachrysops lacrimosa (Bethune-Baker, 1923)
  • Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
  • Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Lepidochrysops ignota (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Lepidochrysops irvingi (Swanepoel, 1948)
  • Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)
  • Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

  • Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

Danainae

Danaini

  • Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
  • Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875
  • Amauris echeria (Stoll, 1790)
  • Amauris ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

  • Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Paralethe dendrophilus junodi (van Son, 1935)
  • Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

  • Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
  • Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
  • Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
  • Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
  • Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
  • Coenyra hebe (Trimen, 1862)
  • Physcaeneura panda (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Neita neita (Wallengren, 1875)
  • Cassionympha cassius (Godart, 1824)
  • Pseudonympha poetula Trimen, 1891
  • Stygionympha wichgrafi van Son, 1955
  • Dingana angusta Henning & Henning, 1996

Charaxinae

Charaxini

  • Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1777)
  • Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
  • Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
  • Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
  • Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
  • Charaxes druceanus moerens Jordan, 1936
  • Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
  • Charaxes xiphares draconis Jordan, 1936
  • Charaxes cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859
  • Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
  • Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
  • Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
  • Charaxes ethalion (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
  • Charaxes vansoni van Someren, 1975
  • Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

Euxanthini

  • Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

  • Vanessa hippomene (Hübner, [1823])
  • Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
  • Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
  • Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
  • Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
  • Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
  • Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
  • Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
  • Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
  • Precis tugela Trimen, 1879
  • Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

  • Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
  • Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
  • Eurytela hiarbas angustata Aurivillius, 1894

Epicaliini

  • Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
  • Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

  • Cymothoe alcimeda marieps Rydon, 1994
  • Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
  • Pseudacraea lucretia tarquinea (Trimen, 1868)

Neptidini

  • Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955
  • Neptis saclava marpessa Hopffer, 1855

Adoliadini

  • Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

  • Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861
  • Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
  • Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
  • Acraea boopis Wichgraf, 1914
  • Acraea horta (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
  • Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996
  • Acraea satis Ward, 1871
  • Acraea nohara Boisduval, 1847
  • Acraea violarum Boisduval, 1847
  • Acraea aglaonice Westwood, 1881
  • Acraea axina Westwood, 1881
  • Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877
  • Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
  • Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
  • Acraea aganice Hewitson, 1852
  • Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
  • Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
  • Acraea burni Butler, 1896
  • Acraea anacreon Trimen, 1868
  • Pardopsis punctatissima (Boisduval, 1833)

Vagrantini

  • Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
  • Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
  • Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

  • Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  • Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
  • Coeliades lorenzo Evans, 1947
  • Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

  • Celaenorrhinus mokeezi separata (Strand, 1911)
  • Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Eretis umbra (Trimen, 1862)
  • Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
  • Sarangesa seineri durbana Evans, 1937

Tagiadini

  • Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857
  • Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
  • Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
  • Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
  • Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
  • Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889

Carcharodini

  • Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
  • Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
  • Spialia confusa Evans, 1937
  • Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
  • Spialia depauperata australis de Jong, 1978
  • Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
  • Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
  • Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
  • Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

  • Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
  • Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
  • Kedestes macomo (Trimen, 1862)
  • Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
  • Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
  • Acleros mackenii (Trimen, 1868)
  • Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
  • Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)
  • Artitropa erinnys (Trimen, 1862)
  • Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
  • Platylesches ayresii (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
  • Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Platylesches neba (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910

Baorini

  • Zenonia zeno (Trimen, 1864)
  • Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
  • Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Borbo detecta (Trimen, 1893)
  • Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
  • Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
  • Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
  • Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
  • Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
  • Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

Heteropterinae

  • Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
  • Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937
  • Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870)

References

References

  1. [https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Swaziland?oid=38 Swaziland at the African Butterfly Database]
  2. [http://atbutterflies.com/swaziland.htm Afrotropical Butterflies]
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