Checklist for Subfamily Nymphalinae Swainson, 1827 (Admirals)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 630
8507
21838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 628
8495
21797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 600
8347
21509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 384
6839
18665 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 77
2035
5452 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 76
2029
5435 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 73
2014
5363 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 26
1285
3443 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 21
1173
3171 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
253
684 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 106
227 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Nymphalinae
Swainson, 1827
Admirals, And peacocks, Anglewings, Brushfoots, Crescents | 18
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape
18 Genera with 29 Species | Aglais Dalman, 1758 | Tortoiseshells | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antanartia Rothschild &..., 1823 | African Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catacroptera Karsch, 1782 | Pirates | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlosyne Butler, 1862 | Checkerspots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cynthia Fabricius, 1758 | Painted ladies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1915 | Autumn leaf | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eresia Boisduval, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphydryas Scudder, 1875 | Checkerspots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Historis Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1903 | Diadems | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1860 | Buckeyes | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Melitaea Fabricius, 1851 | Small Fritillaries | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phyciodes Hübner, 1773 | Crescents | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polygonia Hübner, 1869 | Anglewings | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Precis Hübner, 1782 | Commodores | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1782 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Salamis Boisduval, 1782 | Mother-of-Pearls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape
29 Species and 11 Subspecies | Aglais io Linnaeus, 1758 | European Peacock | | Antanartia hippomene Hübner, 1823 | Southern Short-tailed Admiral | | Catacroptera cloanthe Cramer, 1782 | Pirate | | Chlosyne harrisii Scudder, 1862 | Eastern Checkerspot | | Cynthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | | Doleschallia dascylus anicetus Fruhstorfer, 1915 | | | Eresia polina lycus A. Hall, 1928 | | | Euphydryas anicia eurytion Mead, 1875 | Anicia Checkerspot | | Historis acheronta pherecydes (C. Stoll, 1780) | ⇒ Historis acheronta acheronta Fabricius, 1775 | | Hypolimnas anomala anomala Wallace, 1869 | Malayan Egg-fly | | Hypolimnas bolina nerina Fabricius, 1775 | Blue moon | | Hypolimnas dubius Beauvais, 1805 | | | Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Diadem | | Hypolimnas salmacis platydema Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Junonia (Precis) hierta Fabricius, 1798 | Yellow Pansy | | Junonia cymodoce cymodoce Cramer, 1777 | | | Junonia erigone erigone Cramer, 1775 | | | Junonia natalica Felder, 1860 | Brown Pansy | | Melitaea athalia athalia (Rottemburg, 1775) | ⇒ Melitaea athalia Rottemburg, 1775 | | Melitaea didyma latonigena Eversmann, 1851 | | | Phyciodes batesii Reakirt, 1865 | Dark Crescent | | Phyciodes tharos Drury, 1773 | Early Pearly Crescentspot | | Polygonia c-album Linnaeus, 1758 | Anglewings | | Polygonia satyrus Edwards, 1869 | Golden Anglewing | | Precis archesia Cramer, 1782 | Garden Commodore | | Protogoniomorpha anacardii Linnaeus, 1758 | Clouded Mother-of-Pearl | | Protogoniomorpha parhassus Drury, 1782 | Common Mother-of-Pearl | | Salamis parrhassus Drury, 1782 | | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan |
Subnodes of Nymphalinae with occurrences in Cape
Links, sources and further information Nymphalinae at artfakta.se
Nymphalinae at dyntaxa.se
Nymphalinae at itis.gov
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