LIST OF VUMBA BUTTERFLIES
This preliminary list is made by Petra Ballings using Pennington´s Butterflies of Southern Africa. Many, many thanks to Mr. Alan Gardiner for additional records and comments. Records: P= Pennington, AG= Alan Gardiner
Family/Subfamily |
Genus/Subgenus |
Species |
Comments/Foodplants |
Record |
Family Nymphalidae |
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| Subfam. Danainae | Genus Danaus | D. Chrysippus aegyptius | AG | |
| Genus Tirumala | T. petiverana | An exceedingly rare migrant, only one specimen from the lower Vumba and a couple from Mutare (AG) | P | |
| Genus Amauris | ||||
| Subgenus Amauris | A.(A.) niavius dominicanus | AG | ||
| Subgenus Amaura | A.(A.) albimaculata chirindana | P | ||
| A.(A.) echeria lobengula | P | |||
| A.(A.) ochlea ochlea | AG | |||
| Subfam. Satyrinae | Genus Melanites | M. leda helena | AG | |
| M. libya | P | |||
| Genus Gnophodes | G. betsimena diversa | P | ||
| Genus Bicyclus | B. safitza | P | ||
| B. safitza f. evenus | P | |||
| B. angulosus selousi | P | |||
| B. ena | P | |||
| B. ena f. kigonserae | P | |||
| B. anynana anynana | AG | |||
| B. campinus campinus | P | |||
| B. campinus campinus f. goetzei | P | |||
| B. condamini | P | |||
| Genus Henotesia | H. perspicua | P | ||
| H. simonsii | AG | |||
| Genus Aphysoneura | A. pigmentaria vumba | P | ||
| Genus Aeropetes | A. tulbaghia | P | ||
| Genus Physcaeneura | P. pione | P | ||
| Genus Neita | N. extensa | AG | ||
| Genus Stygionympha | S. witchgrafi lannini | P | ||
| Genus Ypthima | Y. impura paupera | P | ||
| Y. pupillaris pupillaris | P | |||
| Y. granulosa | P | |||
| Y. asterope asteropa | AG | |||
| Y. antennata antennata | AG | |||
| Genus Ypthimomorpha | Y. itonia | AG | ||
| Subfam. Acraeinae | Genus Bematistes | B. aganice aganice | AG | |
| Genus Acraea | ||||
| Subgenus Acraea | A.(A.) horta | Only one taken in 1931, probably blown in by the strong winds of that year (AG) | P | |
| A.(A.) neobule neobule | AG | |||
| A.(A.) acara acara | AG | |||
| A.(A.) machequena | P | |||
| A.(A.) anemosa | P | |||
| Subgenus Rubraea | A.(R.) acrita acrita | P | ||
| A.(R.) engina areca | P | |||
| A.(R.) nohara halali | AG | |||
| A.(R.) asema | AG | |||
| Subgenus stephenia | A.(S.) caldarena caldarena f. nelusca | P | ||
| A.(S.) axina | P | |||
| A.(S.) aglaonice | P | |||
| A.(S.) oncaea | AG | |||
| A.(S.) natalica natalica | AG | |||
| Genus Hyalites | ||||
| Subgenus Alacria | H.(A.) vumbui | P | ||
| H.(A.) vumbui f. cooksoni | P | |||
| H.(A.) vumbui f. barnesi | P | |||
| H.(A.) igola | P | |||
| Subgenus Hyalites | H.(H.) cerasa cerasa | P | ||
| H.(H.) pentalopis epidica | P | |||
| H.(H.) cabira f.swinburnei | P | |||
| H.(H.) johnstoni johnstoni f. flavescens | P | |||
| H.(H.) obeira burni | AG | |||
| H.(H.) eponina | AG | |||
| H.(H.) esebria esebria | AG | |||
| H.(H.) encedon encedon | AG | |||
| Subgenus Auracraea | H.(A.) bomba | P | ||
| H.(A.) induna | P | |||
| H.(A.) rahira rahira | AG | |||
| Genus Pardopsis | P. punctatissima | AG | ||
| Subfam. Charaxinae | Genus Charaxes | C. varanes | AG | |
| C. acuminatus vumba | P | |||
| C. druceanus stevensoni | P | |||
| C. xiphares vumbui | P | |||
| C. violetta melloni | P | |||
| C. cithaeron cithaeron | AG | |||
| C. gallagheri | P | |||
| C. baumanni whytei | P | |||
| C. alpinus | P | |||
| C. manica | AG | |||
| C. ethalion | AG | |||
| C. nichetes leoninus | P | |||
| C. candiope candiope | P | |||
| C. protoclea azota | P | |||
| C. macclounii | AG | |||
| C. jasius saturnus | AG | |||
| C. castor flavifasciatus | P | |||
| C. brutus natalensis | P | |||
| C. pollux gazanus | AG | |||
| C. bohemani | P | |||
| C. etesipe tavetensis | P | |||
| C. guderiana guderiana | P | |||
| C. achaemenes achaemenes | P | |||
| C. zoolina | AG | |||
| C. jahlusa rex | AG | |||
| Subfam. Nymphalinae | Genus Cymothoe | C. alcimeda rhodesiae | P | |
| C. vumbui | P | |||
| C. coranus | AG | |||
| Genus Euriphene | ||||
| Subgenus Euryphura | E.(E.) achlys | P | ||
| Genus Crenidomimas | C. concordia | P | ||
| Genus Berbearia | B. orientis orientis | P | ||
| Genus Euphaedra | E. orientalis | P | ||
| Genus Hamanumida | H. daedalus | AG | ||
| Genus Aterica | A. galena theophane | AG | ||
| Genus Pseudacraea | P. boisduvalii trimenii | P | ||
| P. lucretia expansa | AG | |||
| Genus Neptis | N. swynnertoni | P | ||
| N. trinogophora trigonophora | P | |||
| N. carcassoni | P | |||
| N. goochi | P | |||
| N. alta | P | |||
| N. serena | P | |||
| N. jordani | P | |||
| N. penningtoni | P | |||
| N. saclava marpessa | AG | |||
| N. laeta | AG | |||
| Genus Cyrestis | ||||
| Subgenus Azania | C.(A.) pantheus sublineatus | P | ||
| Genus Sallya | S. morantii morantii | P | ||
| S. boisduvali boisduvali | P | |||
| S. rosa | AG | |||
| Genus Byblia | B. anvatara acheloia | AG | ||
| B. ilithyia | AG | |||
| Genus Neptidopsis | N. ophione velleda | P | ||
| Genus Eurytela | E. hiarbas lita | P | ||
| E. dryope angulata | AG | |||
| Genus Apaturopsis | A. cleochares schultzei | P | ||
| Genus Hypolimnas | H. deceptor deceptor | P | ||
| H. anthedon wahlbergi | P | |||
| H. misippus f. dorippoides | P | |||
| Genus Protogoniomorpha | P. parhassus | AG | ||
| Genus Salamis | S. cacta eileenae | P | ||
| Genus Catacroptera | C. cloanthe cloanthe | AG | ||
| Genus Precis | ||||
| Subgenus Precis | P.(P.) cuama | P | ||
| P.(P.) actia | P | |||
| P.(P.) actia f. furcata | P | |||
| P.(P.) ceryne ceryne | P | |||
| P.(P.) ceryne ceryne f. tukuoa | P | |||
| P.(P.) octavia sesames | AG | |||
| P.(P.) archesia | AG | |||
| P.(P.) tugela tugela | AG | |||
| Subgenus Junonia | P.(J.) artaxia | P | ||
| P.(J.) artaxia f. nobilitata | P | |||
| P.(J.) terea elgiva | P | |||
| P.(J.) orithya madagascariensis | P | |||
| P.(J.) natalica natalica | AG | |||
| P.(J.) hierta cebrene | AG | |||
| P.(J.) oenone oenone | AG | |||
| Genus Vanessa | ||||
| Subgenus Cynthia | V.(C.) cardui | AG | ||
| Genus Antanartia | A. dimorphica dimorphica | P | ||
| A. schaeneia dubia | P | |||
| Genus Lachnoptera | L. ayresii | AG | ||
| Genus Phalanta | P. phalantha aethiopica | AG | ||
| P. eurytis eurytis | AG | |||
| Genus Issoria | I. smaragdifera smaragdifera | P | ||
| Subfam. Libytheinae | Genus Libythea | |||
| Subgenus Jera | L.(J.) labdaca laius | P | ||
Family Lycaenidae |
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| Subfam. Lipteninae | Genus Alaena | A. nyassa nyassa | P | |
| Genus Pentila | P. tropicalis fuscipunctata | AG | ||
| Genus Ornipholidotos | O. peucetia peucetia | AG | ||
| Genus Mimacraea | M. marshalli marshalli | P | ||
| Genus Teriomima | T. peullaris | P | ||
| Genus Baliochila | B. lipara | P | ||
| B. aslanga | AG | |||
| B. barnesi | AG | |||
| B. singularis | AG | |||
| Genus Deloneura | D. sheppardi | P | ||
| D. subfusca | AG | |||
| Subfam. Liphyrinae | Genus Aslauga | A. atrophifurca | P | |
| Subfam. Miletinae | Genus Lachnocnema | L. bibulus | P | |
| L. durbani | AG | |||
| L. brimo | AG | |||
| Subfam. Theclinae | Genus Iolaus | |||
| Subgenus Stugeta | I.(S.) bowkeri tearei | AG | ||
| Subgenus argiolus | I.(A.) silas | AG | ||
| I.(A.) lalos | AG | |||
| Subgenus Iolaphilus | I.(I.) trimeni | AG | ||
| Subgenus Aphniolaus | I.(A.) pallene | P | ||
| Subgenus Epamere | I.(E.) violacea | P | ||
| I.(E.) sidus | AG | |||
| I.(E.) australis | AG | |||
| I.(E.) mimosae rhodosense | AG | |||
| I.(E.) nasisii | AG | |||
| I.(E.) bakeri | AG | |||
| I.(E.) alienus alienus | AG | |||
| Genus Hypolycaena | ||||
| Subgenus Hypolycaena | H.(H.) tearei | P | ||
| H.(H.) philippus philippus | AG | |||
| H.(H.) buxtoni buxtoni | AG | |||
| Subgenus Hemiolaus | H.(H.) caeculus caeculus | AG | ||
| Genus Leptomyrina | ||||
| Subgenus Gonatomyrina | L.(G.) henningi | P | ||
| Genus Capys | C. disjunctus | P | ||
| Genus Deudorix | ||||
| Subgenus Pilodeudorix | D.(P.) zeloides | P | ||
| D.(P.) caerulea obscurata | P | |||
| Subgenus Virachola | D.(V.) diocles | AG | ||
| D.(V.) dinomenes | AG | |||
| D.(V.) antalus | AG | |||
| D.(V.) lorisona coffea | P | |||
| D.(V.) magda | P | |||
| D.(V.) dinochares f. rhodesiensis | P | |||
| Genus Myrina | M. silenus ficedula | AG | ||
| M. dermaptera nyassae | AG | |||
| Genus Aphnaeus |