Checklist of Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Admirals)
for Northern Cape (Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 314
2412
4978 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2405
4951 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 298
2366
4901 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 208
1975
4369 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 53
491
981 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 53
490
980 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 52
488
973 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 20
336
614 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 18
316
581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
109
210 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 40
56 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Northern Cape
40 Genera with 56 Species
| Acraea Fabricius, 1860 | Acraeas | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Amauris Hübner, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Boloria Moore, 1777 | Lesser Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Byblia Hübner, 1773 | Joker | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calliploea Butler, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1869 | Emperors | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlosyne Butler, 1862 | Checkerspots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymothoe Hübner, 1889 | Gliders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cynthia Fabricius, 1758 | Painted ladies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrestis Boisduval, 1899 | Map Butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1910 | Milkweeds | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1915 | Autumn leaf | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Doxocopa Hübner, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eresia Boisduval, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenis Hübner, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euthalia Hübner, 0 | Barons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliconius Kluk, 1871 | Brush-footed butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropsis Kunth, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Historis Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1903 | Diadems | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypothyris Hübner, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1775 | Buckeyes | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melampias Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melitaea Fabricius, 1851 | Small Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Memphis Hübner, 1849 | Leafwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mestra Hübner, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mycalesis Hübner, 1892 | Bushbrowns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathyma Moore, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paternympha Wallengren, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyciodes Hübner, 1773 | Crescents | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Physcaeneura Wallengren, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyura Billberg, 1894 | Nawab butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhogyra Hübner, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1878 | Fritillaries | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stygionympha Van Son, 1953 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tarsocera Butler, 1969 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Torynesis Butler, 1941 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ypthima Hübner, 1893 | Ringlets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Cape
56 Species and 25 Subspecies | Acraea (Actinote) anacreon Trimen, 1868 | Large Orange Acraea | | Acraea horta Linnaeus, 1764 | Garden Acraea | | Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847 | Dancing Acraea | | Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855 | Rooibok Acraea | | Acraea stenobea Wallengren, 1860 | Suffused Acraea | | Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875 | Layman | | Boloria selene myrina Cramer, 1777 | Myrina Fritillary | | Byblia ilithyia Drury, 1773 | Joker | | Calliploea pumila melitta Fruhstorfer, 1904 | | | Charaxes druceanus Butler, 1869 | Silver-barred Charaxes | | Chlosyne harrisii Scudder, 1862 | Eastern Checkerspot | | Cymothoe coranus coranus Grose-Smith, 1889 | | | Cynthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cyrestis elegans natta Swinhoe, 1899 | | | Danaus genutia tychius Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Doleschallia dascylus anicetus Fruhstorfer, 1915 | | | Doxocopa agathina agathis (Godart, 1824) | ⇒ Doxocopa agathina agathina Cramer, 1777 | | Eresia polina lycus A. Hall, 1928 | | | Eumenis statilinus onosandrus Fruhstorfer, 1908 | | | Euthalia agnis tinna | | | Heliconius hecale sisyphus Salvin, 1871 | | | Heteropsis perspicua Trimen, 1873 | Eyed Bush Brown | | Historis acheronta pherecydes (C. Stoll, 1780) | ⇒ Historis acheronta acheronta Fabricius, 1775 | | Hypolimnas bolina nerina Fabricius, 1775 | Blue moon | | Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Diadem | | Hypolimnas salmacis platydema Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Hypothyris ninonia mutilla Hewitson, 1867 | | | Junonia cymodoce cymodoce Cramer, 1777 | | | Junonia erigone erigone Cramer, 1775 | | | Melitaea didyma latonigena Eversmann, 1851 | | | Memphis echemus echemus E. Doubleday, 1849 | Cuban Leafwing | | Mestra dorcas hersilia J.C. Fabricius, 1776 | | | Mycalesis anisops (Karsch, 1892) | ⇒ Bicyclus anisops Karsch, 1892 | | Parathyma selenophora baris Fruhstorfer, 1906 | | | Phyciodes tharos Drury, 1773 | Early Pearly Crescentspot | | Physcaeneura panda Boisduval, 1847 | Dark-webbed Ringlet | | Polyura moori saida Preyer & Cator, 1894 | | | Pseudonympha detecta (Trimen, 1914) | ⇒ Cassionympha detecta Trimen, 1914 | | Pseudonympha magus Fabricius, 1793 | Silver-bottom Brown | | Pyrrhogyra edocla edocla (Doubleday, , 1848) | ⇒ Pyrrhogyra edocla lysanias C. Felder & ..., 1862 | | Speyeria cybele Fabricius, 1775 | Great spangled fritillary | | Speyeria mormonia arge Strecker, 1878 | | | Stygionympha geraldi Pennington, 1970 | Gerald's Hillside Brown | | Stygionympha irrirata Trimen, 1873 | | | Stygionympha vansoni Pennington, 1953 | Van Son's Hillside Brown | | Tarsocera cassina Butler, 1868 | Sand-dune Widow | | Tarsocera cassus outeniqua Vári, 1971 | Outeniqua Spring Widow | | Tarsocera dicksoni Van Son, 1962 | Dickson's Widow | | Tarsocera fulvina Vári, 1971 | Karoo Widow | | Tarsocera imitator Vári, 1971 | Deceptive Widow | | Tarsocera namaquensis Vári, 1971 | Namaqua Widow | | Tarsocera southeyae Dickson, 1969 | Southey's Widow | | Torynesis magna Van Son, 1941 | Large Widow | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan | | Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) | ⇒ Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883 | | Ypthima impura Elwes & Edwards, 1893 | Bushland Ringlet |
Subnodes of Nymphalidae with occurrences in Northern Cape | Subfamily | Apaturinae
Boisduval, 1840
Emperors | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Biblidinae
Boisduval, 1833
Crackers, Greenwings, Planes, Purplewings, Tropical brushfoots | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Charaxinae
Guenée, 1865
Leaf butterflies, Leafwings, Leafwings and Relatives | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrestinae
Guenée, 1865
Daggerwings, Map Butterflies | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Danainae
Boisduval, 1833
Danaids, Glasswings, Milkweed butterflies, Monarch Butterflies, Monarchs, Tigers and Crows | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Heliconiinae
Swainson, 1822
Fritillaries, Heliconians, Heliconians and Fritillaries, Longwings | 4
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Limenitidinae
Behr, 1864
Admirals, Admirals and Relatives | 3
3 | Genera
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 | 10
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Satyrinae
Boisduval, 1833
Brown Butterflies, Browns, Graylings, Heaths, Ringlets, Satyrids, Satyrines, Satyrs, Satyrs and Wood-nymphs | 11
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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