List of butterflies of Eswatini explained
This is a list of butterflies of Eswatini. About 312 species are known from Eswatini (formerly Swaziland),[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
Leptocercini
Pieridae
Coliadinae
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
Poritiinae
Liptenini
Epitolini
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
Danainae
Danaini
Satyrinae
Melanitini
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
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
Epicaliini
Limenitinae
Limenitidini
Neptidini
Adoliadini
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
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
Pyrginae
Celaenorrhinini
Tagiadini
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
See also
References
Notes and References
- https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Swaziland?oid=38 Swaziland at the African Butterfly Database
- http://atbutterflies.com/swaziland.htm Afrotropical Butterflies
