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Buttermoth List

Lepidoptera Records for Fountainhill Estate
     Provided from Surveys conducted by members of The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa
80
Records Family Scientific Name Common Name
68 EREBIDAE Hypopyra capensis Red TailedMoth
2 HESPERIIDAE Coeliades forestan forestan Striped policeman
5 HESPERIIDAE Gegenes niso niso Common hottentot
11 HESPERIIDAE Sarangesa motozi motozi Elfin skipper
17 HESPERIIDAE Kedestes macomo macomo Macomo ranger
22 HESPERIIDAE Borbo fatuellus fatuellus Long-horned swift
74 HESPERIIDAE Spialia diomus ferax Common sandman
1 LYCAENIDAE Axiocerses tjoane tjoane Eastern scarlet
3 LYCAENIDAE Pentila tropicalis tropicalis Spotted buff
4 LYCAENIDAE Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena Cupreous blue
6 LYCAENIDAE Zintha hintza hintza Hintza pierrot
7 LYCAENIDAE Zizeeria knysna knysna African grass blue.
8 LYCAENIDAE Leptotes pirithous pirithous Zebra blue
10 LYCAENIDAE Chilades trochylus trochylus Grass jewel
13 LYCAENIDAE Zizina otis antanossa Ice-sheen blue
14 LYCAENIDAE Azanus moriqua moriqua Black-lined babul blue
15 LYCAENIDAE Tuxentius melaena melaena Black pie
18 LYCAENIDAE Leptomyrina hirundo hirundo Tailed black-eye.
19 LYCAENIDAE Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias Silver black-eye
20 LYCAENIDAE Myrina silenus ficedula Fig tree blue
21 LYCAENIDAE Euchrysops barkeri barkeri One spot smoky blue
33 LYCAENIDAE Lachnocnema laches laches Sothern pied woolly legs
47 LYCAENIDAE Actizera lucida lucida Rayed blue.
51 LYCAENIDAE Anthene amarah amarah Black striped hairtail
57 LYCAENIDAE Alaena amazoula Yellow Zulu
59 LYCAENIDAE Azanus natalensis Commmon Babel Blue
60 LYCAENIDAE Azanus ubaldus Velvet-spotted babul blue
61 LYCAENIDAE Azanus jesous Topaz Babel Blue
69 LYCAENIDAE Lepidochrysops patricia Patrician blue
Nepheronia buguetii Buquet’s Vagrant or Green-eyed Monster
12 NYMPHALIDAE Neptis saclava marpessa Spotted sailor
16 NYMPHALIDAE Telchinia encedon encedon White-barred acraea
24 NYMPHALIDAE Telchinia serena serena Dancing acraea
25 NYMPHALIDAE Telchinia rahira rahira Marsh acraea
26 NYMPHALIDAE Danaus chrysippus orientis African Monarch
28 NYMPHALIDAE Junonia hierta cebrene Yellow pansy
29 NYMPHALIDAE Junonia oenone oenone Blue pansy
34 NYMPHALIDAE Eurytela hiarbas angustata Pied piper
40 NYMPHALIDAE Bicyclus safitza safitza Dark bush brown
41 NYMPHALIDAE Paralethe dendrophilus indosa Eastern Forest beauty
42 NYMPHALIDAE Acraea aganice aganice Wanderer
43 NYMPHALIDAE Telchinia cabira cabira Yellow-banded acraea
44 NYMPHALIDAE Acraea acara acara Chevalier acraea
45 NYMPHALIDAE Telchinia esebria esebria Dusky acraea
46 NYMPHALIDAE Vanessa cardui cardui Painted lady
50 NYMPHALIDAE Charaxes ethalion ethalion Satyr emperor
53 NYMPHALIDAE Byblia ilithyia ilithyia Spotted joker
Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Boisduval’s False Acraea
54 NYMPHALIDAE Pseudacraea eurytus imitator False wanderer
55 NYMPHALIDAE Hypolimnas misippus misippus Common diadem
56 NYMPHALIDAE Junonia natalica natalica Brown commodore
58 NYMPHALIDAE Amauris albimaculata albimaculata Layman
Amauris ochlea ochlea Novice
62 NYMPHALIDAE Catacroptera cloanthe cloanthe Pirate
63 NYMPHALIDAE Charaxes varanes Pearl Charaxes
64 NYMPHALIDAE Charaxes brutus natalensis White barred emperor
72 NYMPHALIDAE Precis archesia archesia Garden Inspector
73 NYMPHALIDAE Salamis parhassus Mother of Pearl
30 PAPILIONIDAE Papilio nireus lyaeus Green-ribbon swallowtail
31 PAPILIONIDAE Papilio demodocus demodocus Citrus swallowtail
32 PAPILIONIDAE Papilio demodocus demodocus Citrus swallowtail
67 PAPILIONIDAE Graphium leonidas leonidas Veined swordtail
9 PIERIDAE Eurema brigitta brigitta Broad-bordered grass yellow
23 PIERIDAE Dixeia pigea pigea Termite mound white
27 PIERIDAE Catopsilia florella florella African migrant
35 PIERIDAE Belenois gidica abyssinica African veined white
36 PIERIDAE Belenois aurota aurota Brown-veined white
Belenois aurota Brown-veined white
37 PIERIDAE Belenois creona severina African common white
Belenois zochalia zochalia Forest White
38 PIERIDAE Colotis auxo auxo Sulphur orange tip
39 PIERIDAE Colotis euippe omphale Smoky orange tip
48 PIERIDAE Mylothris agathina agathina Common dotted border
49 PIERIDAE Afrodryas leda leda Autumn leaf vagrant
52 PIERIDAE Eronia cleodora cleodora Vine-leaf vagrant
Eronia leda Autumn-leaf Vagrant
65 PIERIDAE Colotis antevippe gavisa Red Tip
66 PIERIDAE Colotis danae annae Scarlet tip
71 PIERIDAE Pontia helice helice Meadow white
70 SPHINGIDAE Macroglossum trochilus African Hummingbird Hawk Moth