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This is a list of butterflies of South Africa. Over 660 species are known from South Africa, ... List of moths of South Africa; References Seitz, A. Die Gross ...
Pieridae, whites and yellows. Phoebis sennae sennae, Tobago. Eurema albula, Trinidad. Aphrissa statira, yellow migrant. Phoebis sennae sennae, cloudless sulphur. Phoebis argante, apricot. Phoebis philea, orange-barred sulphur. Anteos maerula, yellow angled sulphur or gonatryx. Pyrisitia proterpia, tailed orange or little jaune (called Eureme ...
Eurytides marcellus. Eurytides marcellus, the zebra swallowtail (formerly listed under genera Protographium, Iphiclides, Graphium and Papilio by some authorities), is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. It is the state butterfly of Tennessee. Its distinctive wing shape and long tails make it ...
Pyrameis atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, [3] is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about 2 inches (5 cm). [4] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis.It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
A partial list of the butterflies and moths that can be found within the borders of the State of Arizona is: Achalarus toxeus (strays from south), coyote cloudywing, coyote skipper. Agathymus aryxna, Arizona giant skipper. Agraulis vanillae Gulf fritillary. Asterocampa leilia, emperess Leilia (brushfoot) Atlides halesus, giant purple hairstreak.
Whites and sulphurs are small to medium-sized butterflies. Their wingspans range from 0.8 to 4.0 inches (2-10.2 cm). There are about 1,000 species worldwide with about 61 species in North America.
Pieris rapae. Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, [note 1] on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. [2]