Arthropods of DRC
Verdant Hawkmoth
Euchloron megaera is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from most of Africa and Yemen. It is a migratory species.
Cream-banded Swallowtail
Papilio leucotaenia, the Cream-banded Swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes ranging from 2,100 to 2,300 meters. (Albertine Rift montane forests)
Charaxes alticola
Charaxes alticola is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. The habitat consists of montane forests.
Savannah Charaxes
The Savannah Charaxes or Scarce Forest Emperor (Charaxes etesipe) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
Common Glider
Cymothoe caenis, the Common Glider, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland. It is a ...more ↓
African Pansy
Junonia artaxia, the African Pansy or Commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Lomami, Kabinda, Lualaba, Shaba, Tanganika), Burundi, Kenya, southern and western Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Soldier Pansy
The Soldier Pansy or Soldier Commodore (Junonia terea) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
African Map Butterfly
The African Map Butterfly (Cyrestis camillus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa, from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Tanzania and from Kenya to Natal.
Wandering Donkey Acraea
The Wandering Donkey Acraea (Acraea neobule) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia.
Penelope Acraea
Acraea penelope, the Penelope Acraea or Penelope's Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of sub-montane forests.
Scarce Tree-top Acraea
Acraea pentapolis, the Scarce Tree-top Acraea or Eastern Musanga Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The habitat consists of forests.
Common Leopard
The Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha is a sun-loving butterfly of the Nymphalid or Brush-footed Butterfly family.
Dark Grass Blue
The Dark Grass Blue or African Grass Blue (Zizeeria knysna), is a species of blue butterfly found in Africa, on Cyprus and the Iberian Peninsula.
Dark Grass Blue
The Dark Grass Blue or Clover Blue (Zizina antanossa) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in all of Africa, including Madagascar and Réunion.
Purple-brown Hairstreak
The Purple-brown Hairstreak or Common Hairstreak (Hypolycaena philippus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eastern Scarlet
The Eastern Scarlet, Commom Scarlet or Scarlet Butterfly (Axiocerses tjoane) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern and eastern Africa. It is not present on the Eastern Cape.
Jeannel's Blue
Jeannel’s Blue (Leptotes jeanneli) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara.
Lang's Short-tailed Blue
Leptotes pirithous is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Its common names are Lang's Short-tailed Blue and Common Zebra Blue
African Clouded Yellow
Colias electo, the African Clouded Yellow or Lucerne Butterfly, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, as well as Arabia. The habitat consists of temperate and montane grasslands.
Blue-dusted Elfin
Sarangesa tertullianus, the Blue-dusted Elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda (from the western part of the country to Bwamba). The habitat consists of forest edges and secondary growth near ...more ↓
African Citrus Psyllid
The African citrus psyllid, Trioza erytreae, is a sap-sucking insect, a hemipteran bug in the family, Triozidae. It is an important pest of citrus being one of only two known vectors of the serious citrus disease, Huanglongbing or greening disease. It is widely distributed in Africa. The other vector is the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri.
Lucia Widow
Palpopleura lucia, the Lucia Widow, is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, São ...more ↓
Violet Dropwing
The Violet Dropwing, Trithemis annulata, is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae.
Vagrant Emperor
The Vagrant Emperor, Hemianax ephippiger or Anax ephippiger, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, ...more ↓
Common Threadtail
Elattoneura glauca is a species of damselfly in the family Protoneuridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burkina Faso, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...more ↓
Tropodiaptomus simplex
Tropodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae. It includes the following species, many of which are narrow endemics and are included on the IUCN Red List (VU: vulnerable species; EX: extinct; DD: data deficient):
