Butterflies and Moths of Medike

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← The collecting localities at Medike are indicated on the aeromap.

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Families: Papilionidae (Swallowtails), Pieridae (Whites), Acraeidae (Acraea Butterflies), Danaidae (Monarches), Nymphalidae ( ), Satyridae (Browns), Lycaenidae ( ).

Superfamily: Hesperioidea

Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Scientific name, author, date of publication

Vernacular names: Afrikaan Name, English Name, Turkish Name.

Range

Distribution in South Africa

Images

Graphium (Arisbe (antheus-gr.)) antheus (Cramer,[1779])

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia

Transvaal, Limpopo Province, Soutpansberg

 Graphium (s.str. (colonna-gr)) colonna (Ward,1873)

Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa.

Natal, Transvaal, Soutpansberg. 

 Princeps (Druryia (nireus-gr)) nireus (Linnaeus,1758)

Groenlint-swaelstert,
Greenbanded Swallowtail, Kara Kadife.

 Cameroon, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa.

Cape Pr., Natal, Transvaal, Soutpansberg. 

 Princeps (s.str. (menestheus-gr)) ophidicephalus entabeni (Van Son,1939)

 The species inhabits in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique.

Transvaal, Soutpansberg.

Princeps (s.str. (phorcas-gr)) constantinus (Ward,1871)

Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa.

Natal, Transvaal, Soutpansberg.

Princeps (s.str. (s.str.)) demodocus (Esper,[1798])

Lemoen-swaelstert,
Citrus Swallowtail, Limon Kelebeği.

Throughout Africa, Cape Verde, Malagasy Rep., Mauritius.

In all provinces.