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HIGHLANDS WILDERNESS BUTTERFLY LIST The following are butterflies have been recorded on Highlands Wilderness Game Farm near Bela Bela, Limpoopo Province,South Africa No English Name Scientific Name Afrikaanse Naam FAMILY NYMPHALIDE SUBFAMILY DANAINAE 1 African Monarch Danus chrysippus aegyptius Melkbosskoenlapper SUBFAMILY SATYRINAE 2 Eyed Bush Brown / March Patroller Henotesia perspicua perspicua Moeraswagte 3 Dark-webbed Ringlet Physcaeneura panda Gestreepte-ringetjie 4 African Ringlet Ypthima asterope Afrikaanse-ringetjie SUBFAMILY HELICONIINAE 5 Garden Acraea Acraea horta Tuin-rooitje 6 Wandering Donkey Acraea Acraea neobule neobule Dwaalesel-rooitjie 7 Black-tipped Acraea Acraea caldarena caldarena Swartpunt-rooitjie 8 Lygus Acraea Acraea lygus Lygus-rooitjie 9 Little Acraea Acraea axina Kuiken-rooitjie 10 Small Orange Acraea Hyalites eponia Kleinoranje-rooitjie 11 African Leopard / Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha aethiopica Populierluiperd SUBFAMILY CHARAXINAE 12 Green-veined Emperor Charaxes candiope Skelm-dubbelstert 13 Foxy Emperor Charaxes jasius saturnus Koppie-dubbelstert 14 Pearl-spotted Emperor Charaxes jahlusa Silwerkol-dubbelstert SUBFAMILY LIMENITINAE 15 Guineafowl Hamanumida daedalus Tarentaaltjie SUBFAMILY BIBLIDINAE 16 Common Joker Byblia antvatara acheloia Tolliegrasvegter 17 Spotted Joker Byblia ilithyia Leliegrasvegter SUBFAMILY NYMPHALINAE 18 Common Diadem Hypolimnas misippus Blouglans/Na-aper 19 Pirate Catacroptera cloanthe cloanthe Seerower 20 Marsh Commodore Precis ceryne ceryne Moeras-blaarvlerk 21 Garden Inspector / Garden Commodore Precis archesia archesia Rotsblaarvlerk 22 Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta cebrene Geel-gesiggie 23 Blue Pansy Junonia oenone oenone Blou-gesiggie 24 Eyed Pansy Junonia orithya madagascariensis Padwagterjie 25 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Sondagsrokkie No English Name Scientific Name Afrikaanse Naam FAMILY LYCAENIDAE SUBFAMILY PORITIINAE 26 Pennington's Buff Cnodontes penningtoni Pennington-se-boomgeelvlerkie SUBFAMILY MILETINAE 27 Common Woolly Legs Lachnocnema bibulus Wolpootjie 28 D'Urban's Woolly Legs Lachnocnema durbani D'Urban-wolpootjie SUBFAMILY LYCAENINAE 29 Bowkers Sapphire Iolaus bowkeri 30 Trimen's Sapphire Iolaus trimeni Trimen-se-saffier 31 Saffron Sapphire Iolaus pallene Geel-saffier 32 Purple-brown Hairstreak Hypolycaena philippus philippus Persbruin-stertbloutjie 33 Henning's Black-eye Leptomyrina henningi Henning-se-swartogie 34 Common Black-eye Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias Gewone-swartogie 35 Apricot Playboy Deudorix dinochares Appelkoos-spelertjie 36 Brown Playboy Deudorix antalus Bruin-spelertjie 37 Common Fig-tree Blue Myrina silenus Vyeboombloutjie 38 Common Scarlet / Eastern scarlet Axioceres tjoane tjoane Ralie-rooivlerkie 39 Bush Scarlet Axioceres amanga amanga Bos-rooivlerkie 40 Aranda Copper Aloeides aranda Aranda-kopervlerkie 41 Damara Copper Aloeides damarensis Damara-kopervlerkie 42 Dusky Copper Aloeides taikosama Donker-kopervlerkie 43 Common Hairtail Anthene definita definata Donker-kortstertjie 44 Black-striped Hairtail Anthene amarah amarah Swartstreep-kortstertjie 45 Hintza Blue Zintha hintza hintza Hintza-bloutjie 46 White Pie Tuxentius calice calice Wit-bontetjie 47 Black Pie Tuxentius melaena Swart-bontetjie 48 Common Blue / Common Zebra Blue Leptotes pirithous pirithous Gewone-ertjiebloutjie 49 Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus Lusern-bloutjie 50 Dotted Blue Tarucus sybaris Spikkelbloutjie 51 Dusky Blue Pseudonacaduba sichela sichela Donker-bloutjie 52 Patrician Blue Lepidochrysops patricia Patricia-bloutjie 53 Silvery Blue Lepidochrysops glauca glauca Silwer-bloutjie 54 Ashen Smokey Blue Euchrysops subpallida Asvaal-dowwebloutjie 55 Cupreous Blue Eicochrysops messapus Koperbloutjie 56 Tailed Meadow Blue Cupidopsis jabates jobates Aasbloutjie 57 Sooty Blue Zizeeria knysna Duwweltjie-bloutjie 58 Dwarf Blue Oraidium barberae Dwerg-bloutjie 59 Velvet-spotted Blue Azanus ubaldus Fluweelkol-bloutjie 60 Topaz-spotted Blue Azanus jesous jesous Hemels-bloutjie 61 Thorn-tree Blue / Black-bordered Babul Blue Azanus moriqua Doringboom-bloutjie 62 Grass Jewel Blue Chilades trochylus Grasjuweeltjie 63 Gaika Blue Zizula hylax Gaika-bloutjie No English Name Scientific Name Afrikaanse Naam FAMILY PIERIDAE SUBFAMILY PIERINAE 64 Zebra White Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia Kwagga 65 Common Orange Tip Colotis evenia evenia Oranjepuntjie 66 Speckled Sulphur Tip Colotis agoye Grasveldgeelpuntjie 67 Lemom Travller / Lemon Tip Colotis subfasciatus subfasciatus Suurlemoensmous 68 Brown-veined White Belenois aurota aurota Grasveldwitjie 69 African Common White Belenois creona severina Afrikaanse gewone witjie 70 Twin Dotted Border Mylothris rueppellii haemus Oranjevlerk voëlent-witjie 71 Common Dotted Border Mylothris agathina agathina Gewone voëlent-witjie SUBFAMILY COLIADINAE 72 African Migrant / Common Migrant Catopsilia florella Afrikaanse swerwer 73 Broad-bordered Grass Yellow Eurema brigitta brigitta Grasveldgeletjie FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE SUBFAMILY PAPILIONINAE 74 Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodcus demodocus Lemoenskoenlapper 75 Green-banded Swallowtail Papilio nireus lyaeus Groenlint-swaelstert 76 Large Striped Swordtail Graphium antheus Jag-swaardstert FAMILY HESPERIIDAE SUBFAMILY COELIADINAE 77 Striped Policeman Coeliades foretsan Witbroek-konstabel 78 Two-pip Policeman Coeliades pisistratus Dubbelkol-konstabel SUBFAMILY PYRGINAE 79 Small Elfin Sarangesa phidyle Klein-kaboutertjie 80 Paradise Skipper Abantis paradisea Paradys-dartelaartjie 81 Bushveld Sandman Spialia colotes transvaaliae Bosveld-sandmannetjie SUBFAMILY HETEROPTERINAE 82 Netted Sylph Metisella willemi Willem-se-walsertjie 83 Dismal Sylph Tsitana tsita Donker-walsertjie SUBFAMILY HESPERIINAE 84 Macomo Ranger Kedetses macomo Makomo-wagtertjie 85 Flower-girl Hopper Platylesches neba Blom-springertjie 86 White-banded Swift Pelopidas thrax inconspicua Witmerk-ratsvlieer 87 Dark Hottentot Skipper Gegenes pumilio gambica Swart-hotnot 88 Common Hottentot Skipper Gegenes niso niso Geel-hotnot.
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