Checklist of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
for Tshwane (Gauteng)
List of families for Tshwane
9 Families width 29 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Tshwane
28 Genera with 29 Species
| Actizera Chapman, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aroa Walker, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1776 | Caper Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calospila Geyer, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1824 | Emperors | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1843 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cigaritis Donzel, 1851 | Barred Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliades Hübner, 1793 | Policemen | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1887 | Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1804 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropsis Kunth, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesosemia Hübner, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mestra Hübner, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metisella Hemming, 1857 | Sylphs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Miletus Hubner, 1913 | Brownies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1865 | Dotted Borders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Odites Walsingham, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1798 | Chilasa | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paternympha Wallengren, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1857 | Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tsitana Evans, 1870 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tuxentius Larsen, 1855 | Pied pierrots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ypthima Hübner, 1893 | Ringlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1775 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tshwane
29 Species and 4 Subspecies | Actizera lucida Trimen, 1883 | Rayed Blue | | Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932 | | | Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper | | Calospila thara nomia Godman, 1903 | | | Charaxes candiope Godart, 1824 | Green-veined Charaxes | | Chilades trochylus FREYER, 1843 | Grass Jewel | | Chlamydastis habrolepis Blanchard & ..., 1986 | | | Cigaritis natalensis Westwood, 1851 | Natal Bar | | Coeliades pisistratus Fabricius, 1793 | Two Pip Policeman | | Euchrysops dolorosa Trimen, 1887 | Sabi Smoky Blue | | Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804 | Dark Hottentot | | Heteropsis perspicua Trimen, 1873 | Eyed Bush Brown | | Mesosemia philocles monaeses (E. Doubleday, 1847) | ⇒ Mesosemia philocles laetifica H. Bates, 1868 | | Mestra dorcas hersilia J.C. Fabricius, 1776 | | | Metisella meninx Trimen, 1873 | Marsh Sylph | | Metisella willemi Wallengren, 1857 | Netted Sylph | | Miletus gaetulus aphytis Fruhstorfer, 1913 | | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris rueppellii Koch, 1865 | Rüppel´s Dotted Border | | Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908 | | | Papilio (Princeps) constantinus Ward, 1871 | Constantine's Swallowtail | | Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798 | African lime swallowtail | | Platylesches moritili Wallengren, 1857 | Common Hopper | | Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Tsitana tsita Trimen, 1870 | Dismal Sylph | | Tuxentius calice Hopffer, 1855 | White Pie | | Ypthima impura Elwes & Edwards, 1893 | Bushland Ringlet | | Zizula hylax Fabricius, 1775 | Dainty grass-blue |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Tshwane
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