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Belenois gidica, the African veined white or pointed caper, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. [1] The wingspan is 40–55 millimetres (1.6–2.2 in) in males and 40–53 mm (1.6–2.1 in) in females. Its flight period is year-round. [2] The larvae feed on Boscia, Capparis, and Maerua species. [1] [2]
Papilio antimachus, the African giant swallowtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. With a wingspan between 18 and 23 centimetres (7.1 and 9.1 in), it is the largest butterfly in Africa and among the largest butterflies in the world. The shape of the wings differ between the males and females.
This is a list of butterflies of South Africa. Over 660 species are known from South Africa, a large proportion of which are endemic. [1] Family Nymphalidae.
Papilio dardanus, the Saharan swallowtail, African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail or flying handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. [2] The British entomologist E. B. Poulton described it as "the most interesting butterfly in the ...
Junonia oenone, the blue pansy or dark blue pansy, is a Nymphalid butterfly native to Africa. [2] [3] "Blue pansy" is also used in India to describe Junonia orithya. [1]
Belenois aurota, the pioneer [2] [3] or pioneer white [4] or caper white, [3] is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in South Asia and Africa. [3]
This is a list of butterflies of Mali. About 59 species are known from Mali, [1] none of which are endemic. [2] Papilionidae. Papilioninae. Papilionini
Junonia chorimene, the golden pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Ituri, Kivu and Lualaba), Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, northern and western Kenya, northern Tanzania, south-western Arabia and Yemen. [2]