Butterflies of Botswana

A guide to all the butterflies known to occur in Botswana

Citrus Swallowtail 1
Papilio demodocus
Angola White Lady 2
Graphium angolanus
Large Striped Swordtail 3
Graphium antheus
Veined Swordtail 4
Graphium leonidas
Small White Lady 5
Graphium morania
Twin Swift 1
Larsenia gemella
Pale Ranger 6
Kedestes callicles
Palm-tree Nightfighter 7
Zophopetes dysmephila
Morant’s Skipper 8
Parosmodes morantii
Striped Policeman 9
Coeliades forestan
Two Pip Policeman 10
Coeliades pisistratus
Forest Elfin 11
Sarangesa motozi
Orange Elfin 12
Sarangesa phidyle
Ruona Elfin 13
Sarangesa ruona
Dark Elfin 14
Sarangesa seineri
Ragged Skipper 15
Caprona pillaana
Bush Charaxes 18
Charaxes achaemenes
Large Blue Charaxes 19
Charaxes bohemani
White-barred Charaxes 20
Charaxes brutus
Green-veined Charaxes 21
Charaxes candiope
Foxy Emperor 9
Charaxes saturnus
Club-tailed Charaxes 21
Polyura zoolina
African Joker 6
Byblia anvatara
Spotted Joker 22
Byblia ilithyia
Guineafowl 23
Hamanumida daedalus
Jordan's sailer 24
Neptis jordani
Spotted Sailer 12
Neptis saclava
Painted Lady 25
Vanessa cardui
Clouded Mother-of-Pearl 26
Protogoniomorpha anacardii
Yellow Pansy 27
Junonia hierta
Natal Pansy 28
Junonia natalica
Dark blue pansy 20
Junonia oenone
Blue Pansy 29
Junonia orithya
Danaid Eggfly 30
Hypolimnas misippus
Darker Commodore 31
Precis antilope
Marsh Commodore 32
Precis ceryne
Common Evening Brown 33
Melanitis leda
Squinting Bush Brown 28
Bicyclus anynana
Natal Brown 34
Coenyropsis natalii
Falls Acraea 35
Acraea acerata
Clear-spotted Acraea 36
Acraea aglaonice
Broad Bordered Acraea 37
Acraea anemosa
Scarlet Acraea 21
Acraea atolmis
Little Acraea 18
Acraea axina
Barber's acraea 38
Acraea barberi
Black Tip Acraea 21
Acraea caldarena
Whitebar Acraea 39
Acraea encedon
lygus acraea 40
Acraea lygus
Natal Acraea 23
Acraea natalica
Window Acraea 1
Acraea oncaea
Small Orange Acraea 42
Acraea serena
Suffused Acraea 16
Acraea stenobea
Plain Tiger Butterfly 43
Danaus chrysippus
Friar 6
Amauris niavius
Bowker's Sapphire 44
Stugeta bowkeri
Azure Hairstreak 12
Hemiolaus caeculus
mimosa sapphire 45
Iolaus mimosae
Straight-line Sapphire 17
Iolaus silarus
Brown Playboy 46
Deudorix antalus
Apricot Playboy 12
Deudorix dinochares
Purple-brown Hairstreak 47
Hypolycaena philippus
Common Smoky Blue 12
Euchrysops malathana
African Babul Blue 48
Azanus jesous
Bright Babul Blue 40
Azanus ubaldus
Dotted Blue 49
Tarucus sybaris
White Pie 12
Tuxentius calice
Black Pie 41
Tuxentius melaena
African Line Blue 31
Pseudonacaduba sichela
Tiny Grass Blue 12
Zizula hylax
Sooty Blue 49
Zizeeria knysna
Pea Blue 51
Lampides boeticus
Grass Jewel 52
Chilades trochylus
Blue-eyed Pierrot 40
Zintha hintza
Common Ciliate Blue 54
Anthene definita
Black-striped Hairtail 55
Anthene amarah amarah
Ella’s Bar 34
Cigaritis ella
Natal Bar 14
Cigaritis natalensis
Bush Scarlet 36
Axiocerses amanga
Eastern Scarlet 21
Axiocerses tjoane
Silver-spotted Grey 56
Crudaria leroma
Damara copper 45
Aloeides damarensis
Common Grass Yellow 57
Eurema hecabe
African Migrant 17
Catopsilia florella
Zebra White 14
Pinacopteryx eriphia
Pioneer White 42
Belenois aurota
African Caper 58
Belenois creona
African Veined White 8
Belenois gidica
False Dotted Border 18
Belenois thysa
Common Dotted Border 12
Mylothris agathina
Autumnleaf Vagrant 59
Afrodryas leda
Plain Vagrant 60
Nepheronia buquetii

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