Checklist of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
for Matabeleland North (North Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
List of families for Matabeleland North
27 Families width 149 Species and 6 Subspecies
| Psychidae Boisduval, 1828 | Bagmoths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae (Latreille, 1809) | Armyworms | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | And blues | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 | Bag Shelter Moths | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Thyrididae Herrich-Schä..., 1846 | Picture Winged Leaf Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809 | Burnet Forester | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae (Duponchel, 1835) | And Sulphurs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | And Giant Silk Moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Tineidae Latreille, 1810 | & Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 | Clear Wings | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 | Eggar Moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eriocottidae Spuler, 1898 | Old World Spiny Winged Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Heliconiidae Swainson, 1822 | Heliconians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Riodinidae (Grote, 1895) | Metalmark Butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 | Giant Lappet Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cossidae Leach, 1815 | Borers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845 | Cup moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophoridae (Bruand, 1851) | Concealer Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890 | Flower Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Indet. Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Matabeleland North
121 Genera with 149 Species
| Acanthopsyche Heylaerts, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrosphinx Carcasson, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1808 | Cutworm | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aloeides Hübner, 1891 | Coppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpenus Walker, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomis Hubner, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antizana Gaede, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arniocera Hopffer, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Astyloneura Gaede, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Athetis Hübner, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atrasana Walker, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Barlowia Hübner, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Basiothia Walker, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1819 | Caper Whites | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Bunaea Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Byblia Hübner, 1833 | Joker | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratophaga G. Petersen, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chabuata Walker, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1866 | Emperors | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorochadisra Kiriakoff, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1932 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysopsyche Butler, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirina Walker, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Classeya Bleszynski, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Compsoctena Zeller, 1914 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Crinipus Hampson, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenusa Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1910 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyligramma Boisduval, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1758 | Milkweeds | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Daphnis Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasychira Hübner, 1960 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Deinarchia Kiriakoff, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Discalma Meyrick, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysgonia Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epiorna Alberti, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eresia Boisduval, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euproctidion Hübner, 1931 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euproctis Hübner, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1758 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Evides Dejean, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eyralpenus Butler, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goodia Holland, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammodes Guenée, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Graphium Scopoli, 1886 | Bluebottles and Jays | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hagnogyna Bartsch, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hamanumida Hübner, 1775 | Guineafowl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helicopis Fabricius, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heniocha Hübner, 1891 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heraclia Hübner, 1881 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hibrildes Druce, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypena Schrank, 1859 | Bloxworth snout | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1764 | Diadems | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Irenicodes Meyrick, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iridoplitis Kiriakoff, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Janthinisca Kiriakoff, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1764 | Buckeyes | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kroonia I. Lehmann, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1905 | Giant Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidodelta Viette, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucovis Hampson, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Marcipa Walker, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalosphecia Le Cerf, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melittia Hübner, 1919 | Wasp Moth | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 0 | Dotted Borders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoclanis Carcasson, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neomardara Hübner, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neopolyptychus Carcasson, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Niphadolepis Karsch, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nyodes Laporte, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontocheilopteryx Wallengren, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omizodes Warren, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omocena Karsch, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphax Guenée, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1798 | Chilasa | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parachalciope Hampson, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramelisa Aurivillius, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paranthrene Hübner, 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Philobota Meyrick, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phytometra Haworth, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pirgula Tessmann, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platysphinx Rothschild &..., 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plecoptera Guenée, 1910 | Stoneflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plecopterodes Hampson, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polelassothys Janse, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polymona Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polypytychopsis | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polythlipta Lederer, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyura Billberg, 1854 | Nawab butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Precis Hübner, 1779 | Commodores | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudometa Linnaeus, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudonacaduba Stempffer, 1857 | African Line Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoradiarctia P.G. Haynes, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodometra Meyrick, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rufoclanis Carcasson, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Salagena Walker, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scythris Hübner, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sena Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingomorpha Guenée, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syncollesis Prout, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synete Kiriakoff, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Systropha Illiger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taeda Wallengren, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1781 | Clouded Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tamsita Kiriakoff, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teracolus Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tricholoba Hampson, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Usta Wallengren, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthodes Guenée, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zebronia Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zekelita Walker, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1862 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Matabeleland North
149 Species and 6 Subspecies | Acanthopsyche mixta Bourgogne, 1962 | | | Afrosphinx amabilis Jordan, 1911 | Scarce Polyptychus | | Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) | ⇒ Agrotis ipsilon Hufnagel, 1766 | | Aloeides damarensis Trimen, 1891 | Damara Copper | | Alpenus dollmani Hampson, 1920 | | | Anomis bidentata Hampson, 1910 | | | Antizana sparsata Gaede, 1928 | | | Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857 | | | Astyloneura cyanopis (Hampson, 1919) | ⇒ Astyloneura trefurthi Gaede, 1914 | | Athetis camptogramma Hampson, 1910 | | | Atrasana callitoxa Tams, 1930 | | | Barlowia pyrilampes Collenette, 1931 | | | Basiothia medea Fabricius, 1781 | Small Verdant Hawk | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper | | Belenois gidica Godart, 1819 | African Veined White | | Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780 | Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth | | Byblia anvatara Boisduval, 1833 | African Joker | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Ceratophaga vastellus Zeller, 1852 | Horn Moth | | Chabuata rufilinea Hampson, 1910 | | | Chamanthedon chrysopasta Hampson, 1919 | | | Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1866 | Bush Charaxes | | Chlorochadisra beltista Tams, 1930 | | | Chrysocraspeda apseogramma Prout, 1932 | | | Chrysocraspeda dollmani Prout, 1932 | | | Chrysocraspeda subminiosa Prout, 1932 | | | Chrysopsyche pyrodes Tams, 1931 | | | Cirina cervina Westwood, 1881 | | | Classeya argyrodonta Hampson, 1910 | | | Compsoctena autoderma Meyrick, 1914 | | | Compsoctena cyclatma Meyrick, 1908 | | | Compsoctena dermatodes Meyrick, 1914 | | | Compsoctena microctenis Meyrick, 1914 | | | Crinipus pictipes Hampson, 1919 | | | Ctenusa rufirena (Hampson, 1902) | ⇒ Ctenusa pallida Hampson, 1902 | | Cupido cupreus Neave, 1910 | | | Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775 | Cream-striped owl | | Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758 | African Monarch | | Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 | Army Green Moth | | Dasychira aeana Collenette, 1931 | | | Dasychira dollmani Collenette, 1931 | | | Dasychira elaeochroa Collenette, 1931 | | | Dasychira embrithes Collenette, 1933 | | | Dasychira ophioides Collenette, 1960 | | | Deinarchia aeschyntela Tams, 1930 | | | Discalma observata Walker, 1861 | | | Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852 | Jigsaw | | Epiorna tricolorata Westwood, 1881 | | | Eresia polina lycus A. Hall, 1928 | | | Euproctidion rhodobaphes Collenette, 1931 | | | Euproctidion rhodoides Collenette, 1931 | | | Euproctis apatela Tams, 1930 | | | Euproctis fulvipennis Hampson, 1910 | | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Evides pubiventris Laporte & Gory, 1835 | | | Eyralpenus metaxantha Hampson, 1920 | | | Goodia kuntzei Dewitz, 1881 | | | Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858 | | | Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775 | Geometrician | | Graphium angolanus angolanus Goeze, 1779 | Southern Angola White Lady | | Graphium (Arisbe) leonidas Fabricius, 1793 | Common Graphium | | Graphium (Arisbe) policenes Cramer, 1775 | Common Swordtail | | Graphium (Arisbe) ridleyanus White, 1843 | Acraea Swordtail | | Graphium (Arisbe) taboranus Oberthür, 1886 | Tabora White Lady | | Hagnogyna sanguicosta Hampson, 1919 | | | Hamanumida daedalus Fabricius, 1775 | Guinea-fowl Butterfly | | Helicopis cupido cupido (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Helicopis cupido trinitatis Seitz, 1913 | | Heniocha dyops Maassen, 1872 | Marbled Emperor | | Heniocha marnois (Rogenhofer, 1891) | ⇒ Heniocha dyops Maassen, 1872 | | Heraclia adulatrix (Westwood, 1881) | ⇒ Heraclia butleri Walker, 1869 | | Heraclia aemulatrix Westwood, 1881 | | | Hibrildes neavi Hampson, 1910 | | | Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859 | Hypena moth | | Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Diadem | | Irenicodes eurychora Meyrick, 1919 | | | Iridoplitis iridescens Kiriakoff, 1955 | | | Janthinisca cinereomixta Kiriakoff, 1959 | | | Junonia natalica Felder, 1860 | Brown Pansy | | Junonia oenone Carolus Linn..., 1764 | Blue Pansy | | Kroonia fumealis Janse, 1925 | | | Lepidochrysops skotios Druce, 1905 | | | Lepidodelta phoenicraspis Hampson, 1910 | | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Leucovis alba Rothschild, 1897 | | | Marcipa alternata Gaede, 1939 | | | Megalosphecia callosoma Hampson, 1919 | | | Melittia chrysobapta Hampson, 1919 | | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris dolhuani | | | Neoclanis virgo Westwood, 1881 | | | Neomardara divergens Collenette, 1931 | | | Neopolyptychus compar compar Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Neopolyptychus convexus Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Niphadolepis griseicostalis West, 1940 | | | Nyodes prasinodes Prout, 1921 | | | Odontocheilopteryx dollmani Tams, 1930 | | | Omizodes terinata Felder, 1875 | | | Omocena dollmani West, 1940 | | | Omphax rhodocera Hampson, 1910 | | | Orthogonioptilum dollmani Jordan, 1922 | | | Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798 | African lime swallowtail | | Parachalciope albifissa Hampson, 1910 | | | Paramelisa dollmani Hampson, 1920 | | | Paranthrene chalcochlora Hampson, 1919 | | | Paranthrene propyria Hampson, 1919 | | | Philobota mylothris (Meyrick, 1921) | ⇒ Philobota hypopolia Turner, 1917 | | Phytometra haematoessa Hampson, 1910 | | | Pirgula delosema Collenette, 1953 | | | Platysphinx piabilis Distant, 1897 | Measly Hawk | | Platysphinx piabillis Distant, 1897 | | | Plecoptera flavilinea Hampson, 1910 | | | Plecopterodes griseicilia Hampson, 1910 | | | Plecopterodes heterochroa Hampson, 1910 | | | Plecopterodes molybdopasta Hampson, 1910 | | | Polelassothys callista Tams, 1930 | | | Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855 | | | Polypytychopsis marshalli auriguttatus Gehlen, 1934 | | | Polythlipta camptozona Hampson, 1910 | | | Polyura narcaeus Hewitson, 1854 | China Nawab | | Precis antilope Feisthamel, 1850 | Darker Commodore | | Precis octavia Cramer, 1779 | Gaudy Commodore | | Pseudobunaea tyrrhena Westwood, 1849 | | | Pseudometa canescens Tams, 1925 | | | Pseudonacaduba sichela Wallengren, 1857 | African Line Blue | | Pseudoradiarctia parva P.G. Haynes, 2011 | | | Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767 | The Vestal | | Rhodopteriana anaemica Hampson, 1910 | | | Rufoclanis numosae subjectus Walker, 1869 | | | Salagena narses Fawcett, 1916 | | | Scopula argyroleuca Hampson, 1910 | | | Scopula nigrinotata Warren, 1897 | | | Scythris melanopleura Meyrick, 1914 | | | Sena prompta Walker, 1855 | | | Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777 | | | Syncollesis trilineata Hampson, 1910 | | | Synete vaumaculata Kiriakoff, 1962 | | | Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905) | ⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861 | | Taeda argentifera Westwood, 1881 | | | Tagiades flesus Fabricius, 1781 | Clouded Flat | | Tamsita ochthoeba Hampson, 1920 | | | Tricholoba glaphyra Kiriakoff, 1955 | | | Usta terpsichore Maassen & We..., 1885 | Cavorting Emperor | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan | | Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968) | ⇒ Lophotidia brunnescens Pinhey, 1968 | | Zebronia phenice Cramer, 1780 | | | Zekelita leucodonta Hampson, 1910 | | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Matabeleland North
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