The Butterflies of Mwamba

Gold-banded Forester Euphaedra neophron
Gold-banded Forester, Euphaedra neophron
The following butterfly species were photographed within the grounds of A Rocha’s Field Study Centre (Mwamba) at Watamu, Kenya, during a monitoring exercise covering the year from the ‘long rains’ of Apr-Jun 2006 to those of 2007. By 30 Jun 2007 the confirmed species count on the 7½ acre (3 ha) plot had totalled 106.

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  1. Mocker Swallowtail Papilio dardanus
  2. Narrow Green-banded Swallowtail Papilio nireus
  3. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus
  4. White-dappled Swallowtail Graphium philonoe
  5. Veined Swordtail Graphium leonidas
  6. Black Swordtail Graphium colonna
  7. Cream Striped Swordtail Graphium porthaon
  8. African Migrant Catopsilia florella
  9. Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe
  10. Regular Grass Yellow Eurema regularis
  11. Small Grass Yellow Eurema brigitta
  12. Zebra White Pinacopteryx eriphia
  13. Blue (Cambridge) Vagrant Nepheronia thalassina
  14. Plain Vagrant Nepheronia buqueti
  15. Vine Leaf Vagrant Eronia cleodora
  16. Autumn Leaf Vagrant Eronia leda
  17. Topaz Arab / Small Salmon Arab Colotis calais / C.amatus
  18. Variable Colotis Colotis phisadia
  19. Veined Orange Colotis vesta
  20. Purple Tip Colotis ione
  21. Coast Purple Tip Colotis hetaera
  22. Scarlet Tip Colotis danae
  23. Sulphur Orange Tip Colotis eucharis
  24. Yellow Orange Tip Colotis auxo
  25. Smoky Orange Tip Colotis euippe
  26. Black-Marked Orange Tip Colotis daira
  27. Brown-veined White Belenois aurota
  28. African Common White Belenois creona
  29. African Veined White Belenois gidica
  30. False Dotted Border Belenois thysa
  31. Dixeia charina
  32. Appias sabina phoebe
  33. Diverse White / African Albatross Appias epaphia
  34. African Wood White Leptosia alcesta
  35. Eastern Dotted Border Mylothris agathina
  36. Tropical Pentila Pentila tropicalis
  37. Teriomima micra
  38. Hildegard’s Buff Baliochila hildegarda
  39. Eastern Scarlet Axiocerses tjoane
  40. Punic Scarlet Axiocerses punicea
  41. Yellow-Banded Sapphire Iolaus diametra
  42. Saffron Sapphire Iolaus pallene
  43. Crawshay’s Sapphire Iolaus crawshayi littoralis
  44. Poulton’s Sapphire Iolaus poultoni
  45. Bowker’s Marbled Sapphire Iolaus bowkeri
  46. Common (Purple Brown) Hairstreak Hypolycaena philippus
  47. Brown Playboy Deudorix antalus
  48. Tailed Meadow Blue Cupidopsis iobates
  49. African Line Blue Pseudonacaduba sichela
  50. Pea Blue (Long-tailed Blue) Lampides boeticus
  51. Eastern Bush Blue Cacyreus virilis
  52. Common Zebra Blue Leptotes pirithous
  53. Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax
  54. Rayed Blue Actizera lucida
  55. African Babul Blue Azanus jesous
  56. Black-bordered Babul Blue Azanus moriqua
  57. African Cupid Euychrysops osiris
  58. Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus
  59. African Monarch Danaus chrysippus
  60. African Blue Tiger Tirumala petiverana
  61. Evening Brown Melanitis leda
  62. Squinting Bush Brown Bicyclus anynana
  63. Common Bush Brown Bicyclus safitza
  64. Pearl Charaxes Charaxes varanes
  65. Green-Veined Charaxes Charaxes candiope
  66. Giant Charaxes Charaxes castor
  67. Blue-spotted Charaxes Charaxes cithaeron
  68. Pearl-spotted Charaxes Charaxes jahlusa
  69. Forest Queen Euxanthe wakefieldi
  70. Mottled Green Euryphura achlis
  71. Spectre Bebearia orientis
  72. Gold Banded Forester Euphaedra neophron
  73. Glider sp Harma theobene blassi
  74. False Diadem Pseudacraea lucretia expansa
  75. Trimen’s False Acraea Pseudacraea boisduval
  76. Small Spotted Sailer Neptis saclava
  77. Joker Byblia ilithyia
  78. Common Joker Byblia anvatara acheloia
  79. Malagasay Sailer Neptidopsis fulgurata
  80. Golden Piper Eurytela dryope
  81. Diadem Hypolimnas misippus
  82. Deceptive Diadem Hypolimnas deceptor
  83. Variable Diadem Hypolimnas anthedon
  84. Clouded Mother of Pearl Salamis anarcardii
  85. Dark Blue Pansy Junonia oenone
  86. Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta
  87. Brown Commodore / Natal Pansy Junonia natalica
  88. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
  89. Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha
  90. Encedon Acraea Acraea encedon
  91. Small Orange Acraea Acraea serenna (eponina)
  92. Blood Acraea Acraea petraea
  93. Acraea braesia
  94. Window Acraea Acraea oncaea
  95. Natal Acraea Acraea natalica
  96. Acraea zonata
  97. Clear Wing Acraea Acraea rabbaiae
  98. Acraea insignis
  99. Neobule Acraea Acraea neobule
  100. Acraea epaea epitellus
  101. Striped Policeman Coeliades forestan
  102. Two Pip Policeman Coeliades pisistratus
  103. Coast Policeman Coeliades sejunta
  104. Red Tab Policeman Coeliades keithloa
  105. Clouded Flat Tagiades flesus
  106. Elfin Skipper Sarangesa motozi
  107. African Mallow Skipper Gomalia elma
  108. Olive Haired Swift Borbo borbonica
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