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Danaus chrysippus. Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger, [1][2] African queen, [2] or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. [2] It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. Danainae primarily consume plants in the genus Asclepias, more ...
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 antimachus coffea Talbot, 1936. Papilio antimachus congolanus ab. burgeoni Dufrane, 1946. 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.
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 ...
Catopsilia florella f. wandriana Stoneham, 1957. Catopsilia florella, the African migrant, African emigrant, or common vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa (including Madagascar ), Arabia ( United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman) and the Canary Islands. Like Catopsilia pomona, this species also has a habit of ...
Tirumala petiverana, the blue monarch, African blue tiger, or dappled monarch, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical Sub-Saharan Africa. Their habitat consists of Afromontane, lowland and riverine forests as well as moist savanna. [1][2] The wingspan is 60–75 mm. There is one generation per year.
Bicyclus anynana ( squinting bush brown) is a small brown butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, the most globally diverse family of butterflies. [ 2] It is primarily found in eastern Africa from southern Sudan to Eswatini. [ 3] It is found mostly in woodland areas and flies close to the ground. [ 4] Male wingspans are 35–40 mm and female ...
Papilio bennetti Dixey, 1898. Early instar of Papilio demodocus larva. Papilio demodocus, the citrus swallowtail or Christmas butterfly, is a swallowtail butterfly which commonly occurs over the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, including Madagascar, besides the southern Arabian Peninsula.