Species list, Checklist of Family Nymphalidae (Admirals) for Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	151 529 753	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	151 529 753	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	149 527 751	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	109 449 641	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	26 132 159	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	26 132 159	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	25 129 156	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	16 102 127	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	14 97 121	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	5 52 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies	17 19	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape of Good Hope
17 Genera with 19 Species

Species list for Cape of Good Hope
19 Species and 5 Subspecies

Acraea horta Linnaeus, 1764	Garden Acraea
Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847	Dancing Acraea
Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875	Layman
Amauris phaedon Fabricius, 1798
Bicyclus safitza Westwood, 1850	Black-haired Bush Brown
Charaxes cithaeron Felder, 1859	Blue-spotted Charaxes
Coenonympha arcania Linnaeus, 1761	Pearly Heath
Dira oxylus Trimen, 1806	Pondoland Widow
Erebia oeme noctua Fruhstorfer, 1917
Heliconius antiochus aranea Fabricius, 1793
Heliconius melpomene milesia (H.H. Riffarth, 1901)	⇒ Heliconius melpomene thelxiopeia Staudinger, 1897
Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764	Common Diadem
Hypothyris ninonia mutilla Hewitson, 1867
Junonia natalica Felder, 1860	Brown Pansy
Precis archesia Cramer, 1782	Garden Commodore
Pseudonympha magoides Van Son, 1955	False Silver-bottom Brown
Salamis parrhassus Drury, 1782
Taenaris catops pamphagus
Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758	Cosmopolitan

Subnodes of Nymphalidae with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope

Subfamily	Charaxinae Guenée, 1865 Leaf butterflies, Leafwings, Leafwings and Relatives	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Danainae Boisduval, 1833 Danaids, Glasswings, Milkweed butterflies, Monarch Butterflies, Monarchs, Tigers and Crows	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Heliconiinae Swainson, 1822 Fritillaries, Heliconians, Heliconians and Fritillaries, Longwings	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Limenitidinae Behr, 1864 Admirals, Admirals and Relatives	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Nymphalinae Swainson, 1827 Admirals, And peacocks, Anglewings, Brushfooted Butterflies, Brushfoots, Checkerspots, Crescents, Fritillaries, Peacocks, Thistle butterflies, Tortoiseshells, True Brush-foots, True Brushfoots	5 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Satyrinae Boisduval, 1833 Brown Butterflies, Browns, Graylings, Heaths, Ringlets, Satyrids, Satyrines, Satyrs, Satyrs and Wood-nymphs	6 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Nymphalidae (Rafinesque 1815)

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