SWAZILAND'S BIODIVERSITY: Swaziland's Butterflies |
Compilation of this checklist would not have been possible without the data and technical assistance provided by the UCT-ADU SABCA project and virtual museum.
Information from nature reserve checklists compiled by Chuck Saunders, updated with additions from Chuck Saunders, 5 November 2009, plus additional photographic records. Numbers quoted are from Pennington's Butterflies. Nomenclature updated in 2012, as per the SABCA virtual museum.
Photos to illustrate the checklist provided by Christopher K. Willis, I.C. and A. Sharp, Justin Bode, Peter Webb, Steve Woodhall, Ralda & Louis Heyns, G.
Diedericks, J.C. McMaster, M. Holmes, Geoff Nichols, Michael Purves and Kate Braun.
An Adobe pdf version of the Swaziland Butterflies Checklist as at August 2013 is available here (click to view/download - approx 13 MB).
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Nymphalidae
Danainae
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milkweed butterflies (5 species) |
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Nymphalidae
Satyrinae
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browns (19 species) |
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Nymphalidae
Acraeinae
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acraeas (27 species) |
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Nymphalidae
Nymphalinae
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nymphs, commodores (42 species) |
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Nymphalidae
Charaxinae
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charaxes (18 species) |
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Libythieidae |
snout butterflies (1 species) |
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Lycaenidae |
blues and coppers (119 species) |
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Pieridae |
whites (38 species) |
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Papilionidae |
swallowtails (14 species) |
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Hesperiidae |
skippers (66 species) |
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349 species recorded or possibly found in Swaziland.
Species recorded in Malolotja Nature Reserve: 169
Species recorded in Mantenga Nature Reserve: 28
Species recorded in Mlawula Nature Reserve: 176
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