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Zingela Butterflis & Moths

A field guide to the various Lepidoptera species you are likely to encounter at Zingela

Painted Lady 1
Vanessa cardui
Blue Argus 2
Junonia orithya
Danaid Eggfly 3
Hypolimnas misippus
Death's Head Hawkmoth 4
Acherontia atropos
Plain Tiger Butterfly 5
Danaus chrysippus
Yellow Pansy 6
Junonia hierta
Blue Pansy 7
Junonia oenone
Citrus Swallowtail 8
Papilio demodocus
Sulphur Orange Tip 9
Colotis auxo
Cream-striped Owl 10
Cyligramma latona
Heniocha marnois
African Lunar Moth 11
Argema mimosae
Garden Inspector 12
Precis archesia
Rainforest Brown 13
Cassionympha cassius
Pioneer White 14
Belenois aurota
Zebra White 15
Pinacopteryx eriphia
Yellow Pansy 16
Junonia hierta cebrene
Eastern Scarlet 17
Axiocerses tjoane
Gaudy Commodore 17
Precis octavia
Southern Gaudy Commodore 18
Precis octavia sesamus
Black-striped Hairtail 19
Anthene amarah
Protea scarlet 20
Capys alphaeus
Crimson-speckled Flunkey 21
Utetheisa pulchella
Green-banded Swallowtail 22
Papilio nireus
Speckled Emperor 23
Gynanisa maja
African Babul Blue 24
Azanus jesous
Common Black-eye 18
Leptomyrina gorgias
Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth 25
Bunaea alcinoe
Ericeia inangulata 26
Pine Emperor 27
Nudaurelia cytherea
Sundowner moth 28
Sphingomorpha chlorea
Eyed Pansy 29
Junonia orithya madagascariensis
Marsh Commodore 30
Precis ceryne
Garden Acraea 13
Acraea horta
African Caper 31
Belenois creona
Greenband Swallowtail Butterfly 3
Papilio nireus lyaeus
Wandering Donkey Acraea 32
Acraea neobule
Laterite Matron 33
Metarctia lateritia
African Hummingbird Hawk-Moth 34
Macroglossum trochilus
Spotted Joker 35
Byblia ilithyia
Coeliades forestan 31
Rayed Blue 36
Actizera lucida
Brown Playboy 19
Deudorix antalus
Dusky Acraea 37
Acraea esebria
Cherry Spot 36
Diaphone eumela
Pirate 38
Catacroptera cloanthe
D'Urban's Woollylegs 36
Lachnocnema durbani
Table Mountain Beauty 27
Aeropetes tulbaghia
Common Ciliate Blue 13
Anthene definita
Bar Maiden 39
Thyretes caffra
Faint Owl Moth 16
Cometaster pyrula
Bunaeopsis arabella 40
Chlorerythra rubriplaga 10
Goldspotted Sylph 34
Metisella metis
Somatina vestalis 41
Traminda ocellata 42
Aranda Copper 43
Aloeides aranda
African Monarch 44
Danaus chrysippus orientis
Cape Lappet 13
Eutricha capensis
Eutricha obscura 33
Christmas Butterfly 45
Papilio demodocus demodocus
Eastern Goldspotted Sylph 34
Metisella metis paris
Pseudonympha poetula 46
Gonometa postica 47
Festive Red Tiger 48
Brephos festiva
Modest Gypsy 29
Morasa modesta
Bush Beauty 49
Paralethe dendrophilus
Paralethe dendrophilus albina 50
Acraea neobule neobule 36
Aloeides susanae 48
Aloeides swanepoeli 51
Anoba atriplaga 26
Axiocerses tjoane tjoane 52
Brown-veined White 29
Belenois aurota aurota
Chrysoritis lycegenes 48
Striped Policeman 53
Coeliades forestan forestan
Cucullia hutchinsoni 29
Drepanogynis mixtaria 44
Durbania amakosa natalensis 48
Eretis umbra umbra 36
Euchrysops dolorosa 48
Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias 51
Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia 54
Spialia asterodia 36
Tantaliana tantalus 55
Stygionympha wichgrafi 51
Eretis umbra 36
Durbania amakosa 36
Catacroptera cloanthe cloanthe 56
Garden Commodore 13
Precis archesia archesia
Mocis mutuaria
Nudaurelia cytherea clarki 27
Hottentot Skippers
Afrogegenes

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