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| Pennington |
Genus |
Species |
Author |
Common Name |
| 1a |
Danaus |
chrysippus orientis |
(Aurivillius) |
African Monarch |
| 23a |
Dira |
clytus clytus |
(Linnaeus) |
Cape Autumn Widow |
| 47 |
Cassionympha |
cassius |
(Godart) |
Rainforest Brown |
| 91 |
Acraea |
horta |
(Linnaeus) |
Garden Acraea |
| 140a |
Charaxes |
varanes varanes |
(Cramer) |
Pearl Charaxes |
| 219 |
Hypolimnas |
missipus |
(Linnaeus) |
Common Diadem |
| 235a |
Precis |
hierta cebrene |
(Trimen) |
Yellow Pansy |
| 240 |
Vanessa |
cardui |
(Linnaeus) |
Painted Lady |
| 382a |
Phasis |
thero thero |
(Linnaeus) |
Silver Arrowhead |
| 465b |
Chrysoritis |
palmus margueritae |
Dickson |
Water Opal |
| 540a |
Cacyreus |
tespis tespis |
(Herbst) |
Water Bronze |
| 541 |
Cacyreus |
marshalli |
Butler |
Geranium Bronze |
| 547 |
Leptotes |
pirithous |
(Linnaeus) |
Common Blue |
| 552 |
Lampides |
boeticus |
(Linnaeus) |
Long-tailed Blue |
| 554 |
Tarucus |
thespis |
(Linnaeus) |
Fynbos Blue |
| 622 |
Orachrysops |
niobe |
(Trimen) |
Brenton Blue |
| 637a |
Eicochrysops |
messapus messapus |
(Godart) |
Cupreous Blue |
| 646 |
Zizeeria |
knysna |
(Trimen) |
Sooty Blue |
| 658a |
Colias |
electo electo |
(Linnaeus) |
African Clouded Yellow |
| 691 |
Belenois |
aurota |
(Fabricius) |
African Common White |
| 694a |
Dixeia |
charina charina |
(De Boisduval) |
African Small White |
| 701a |
Pontia |
helice helice |
(Linnaeus) |
Meadow White |
| 707 |
Mylothris |
agathina |
(Cramer) |
Common Dotted Border |
| 715a |
Papilio |
demodocus demodocus |
Esper |
Citrus Swallowtail |
| 716a |
Papilio |
nireus lyaeus |
Doubleday |
Green-banded Swallowtail |
| 781b |
Metisella |
metis paris |
Evans |
Gold-spotted Sylph |
| 764 |
Spialia |
sataspes |
(Trimen) |
Boland Sandman |
| 852a |
Gegenes |
niso niso |
(Linnaeus) |
Common Hottentot Skipper |