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List of butterflies of Malawi


List of butterflies of Malawi


This is a list of butterflies of Malawi. About 488 species are known from Malawi, 16 of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

  • Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
  • Papilio desmondi usambaraensis (Koçak, 1980)
  • Papilio thuraui thuraui Karsch, 1900
  • Papilio thuraui cyclopis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Papilio thuraui heathi (Hancock, 1984)
  • Papilio thuraui occidua Storace, 1951
  • Papilio dardanus tibullus Kirby, 1880
  • Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
  • Papilio phorcas nyikanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Papilio echerioides shirensis (Hancock, 1987)
  • Papilio fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
  • Papilio jacksoni nyika Cottrell, 1963
  • Papilio pelodurus pelodurus Butler, 1896
  • Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Gifford, 1961
  • Papilio ophidicephalus niassicola Storace, 1955
  • Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984)

Leptocercini

  • Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
  • Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
  • Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  • Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
  • Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
  • Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
  • Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
  • Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Graphium philonoe (Ward, 1873)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

  • Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
  • Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
  • Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Colias electo hecate Strecker, 1905
  • Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940
  • Colias mukana jolyi Verhulst, 2006

Pierinae

  • Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
  • Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
  • Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
  • Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
  • Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
  • Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
  • Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
  • Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877)
  • Colotis subfasciatus ducissa (Dognin, 1891)
  • Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
  • Nepheronia argia mhondana (Suffert, 1904)
  • Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)

Pierini

  • Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  • Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
  • Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897)
  • Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
  • Mylothris crawshayi Butler, 1896
  • Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944
  • Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921
  • Mylothris sagala dentatus Butler, 1896
  • Mylothris similis Lathy, 1906
  • Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897
  • Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943
  • Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
  • Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
  • Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943
  • Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Belenois welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890
  • Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

  • Aslauga latifurca Cottrell, 1981
  • Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899

Miletini

  • Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
  • Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
  • Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
  • Lachnocnema brimoides Libert, 1996

Poritiinae

Liptenini

  • Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
  • Alaena lamborni Gifford, 1965
  • Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877
  • Alaena ochracea Gifford, 1965
  • Alaena picata interrupta Hawker-Smith, 1933
  • Alaena reticulata Butler, 1896
  • Pentila carcassoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
  • Pentila pauli nyassana Aurivillius, 1899
  • Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994
  • Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
  • Cooksonia aliciae Talbot, 1935
  • Mimacraea costleyi Druce, 1912
  • Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898
  • Teriomima puella Kirby, 1887
  • Teriomima puellaris (Trimen, 1894)
  • Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  • Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
  • Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  • Baliochila nyasae Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  • Baliochila woodi (Riley, 1943)
  • Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

Epitolini

  • Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
  • Deloneura subfusca Hawker-Smith, 1933

Aphnaeinae

  • Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916)
  • Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
  • Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
  • Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
  • Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
  • Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
  • Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
  • Cigaritis trimeni (Neave, 1910)
  • Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
  • Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Axiocerses nyika Quickelberge, 1984
  • Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996
  • Axiocerses karinae Henning & Henning, 1996
  • Axiocerses bamptoni Henning & Henning, 1996
  • Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
  • Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  • Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Aloeides molomo handmani Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius, 1909
  • Aphnaeus flavescens Stempffer, 1954
  • Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

Theclinae

  • Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
  • Hypolycaena auricostalis (Butler, 1897)
  • Hypolycaena buxtoni Hewitson, 1874
  • Hypolycaena hatita japhusa Riley, 1921
  • Hypolycaena lochmophila Tite, 1967
  • Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
  • Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Leptomyrina handmani Gifford, 1965
  • Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
  • Iolaus bakeri (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus congdoni (Kielland, 1985)
  • Iolaus handmani (Gifford, 1965)
  • Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  • Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
  • Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
  • Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
  • Iolaus ndolae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
  • Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
  • Stugeta bowkeri nyasana Talbot, 1935
  • Pilodeudorix kafuensis (Neave, 1910)
  • Pilodeudorix camerona katanga (Clench, 1965)
  • Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
  • Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
  • Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
  • Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
  • Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
  • Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966
  • Deudorix magda Gifford, 1963
  • Deudorix montana (Kielland, 1985)
  • Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948
  • Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916
  • Capys catharus Riley, 1932
  • Capys connexivus Butler, 1897

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

  • Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
  • Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  • Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
  • Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
  • Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
  • Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
  • Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878)
  • Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  • Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
  • Anthene rubricinctus anadema (Druce, 1905)
  • Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)

Polyommatini

  • Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
  • Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989
  • Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895
  • Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958
  • Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Uranothauma heritsia virgo (Butler, 1896)
  • Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980
  • Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
  • Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961
  • Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
  • Harpendyreus hazelae Stempffer, 1973
  • Harpendyreus juno (Butler, 1897)
  • Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907)
  • Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
  • Actizera stellata (Trimen, 1883)
  • Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
  • Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
  • Euchrysops unigemmata (Butler, 1895)
  • Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
  • Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
  • Lepidochrysops aethiopia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  • Lepidochrysops auratus Quickelberge, 1979
  • Lepidochrysops chalceus Quickelberge, 1979
  • Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  • Lepidochrysops delicata (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  • Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
  • Lepidochrysops dollmani (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  • Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Lepidochrysops handmani Quickelberge, 1980
  • Lepidochrysops intermedia intermedia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  • Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli Stempffer, 1954
  • Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
  • Lepidochrysops longifalces Tite, 1961
  • Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
  • Lepidochrysops neavei neavei (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  • Lepidochrysops neavei nolani Williams, 2002
  • Lepidochrysops nyika Tite, 1961
  • Lepidochrysops pampolis (Druce, 1905)
  • Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
  • Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)
  • Lepidochrysops solwezii (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Riodinidae

Nemeobiinae

  • Abisara delicata Lathy, 1901

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

  • Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

Danainae

Danaini

  • Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
  • Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
  • Amauris tartarea damoclides Staudinger, 1896
  • Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940
  • Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897
  • Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890)
  • Amauris echeria serica Talbot, 1940
  • Amauris echeria whytei Butler, 1894
  • Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920)
  • Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896

Satyrinae

Melanitini

  • Gnophodes betsimena diversa (Butler, 1880)
  • Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Le Cerf, 1919
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923

Satyrini

  • Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895)
  • Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
  • Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
  • Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952)
  • Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Bicyclus simulacris Kielland, 1990
  • Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
  • Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
  • Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
  • Heteropsis ubenica (Thurau, 1903)
  • Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
  • Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
  • Ypthima pupillaris obscurata Kielland, 1982
  • Neocoenyra bioculata bioculata Carcasson, 1964
  • Neocoenyra bioculata murphyi Collins, 1997
  • Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
  • Neocoenyra kivuensis Seydel, 1929
  • Neocoenyra paralellopupillata (Karsch, 1897)
  • Neocoenyra ypthimoides Butler, 1894
  • Coenyropsis bera (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Physcaeneura pione Godman, 1880
  • Neita extensa (Butler, 1898)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

  • Charaxes acuminatus acuminatus Thurau, 1903
  • Charaxes acuminatus mlanji van Someren, 1963
  • Charaxes acuminatus nyika van Someren, 1963
  • Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
  • Charaxes saturnus Butler, 1866
  • Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
  • Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
  • Charaxes ansorgei levicki Poulton, 1933
  • Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes dowsetti Henning, 1989
  • Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
  • Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
  • Charaxes xiphares ludovici Rousseau-Decelle, 1933
  • Charaxes xiphares woodi van Someren, 1964
  • Charaxes cithaeron nyasae van Someren, 1964
  • Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963
  • Charaxes ameliae amelina Joicey & Talbot, 1925
  • Charaxes pythodoris ventersi Henning, 1982
  • Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
  • Charaxes penricei Rothschild, 1900
  • Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
  • Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
  • Charaxes eupale veneris White & Grant, 1989
  • Charaxes dilutus dilutus Rothschild, 1898
  • Charaxes dilutus kasitu White & Grant, 1989
  • Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894
  • Charaxes nyikensis van Someren, 1975
  • Charaxes ethalion handmani Henning, 1982
  • Charaxes ethalion kitungulensis Strand, 1911
  • Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975
  • Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
  • Charaxes fionae Henning, 1977
  • Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957
  • Charaxes martini martini van Someren, 1966
  • Charaxes martini helenae Henning, 1982
  • Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
  • Charaxes nichetes leoninus Butler, 1895

Euxanthini

  • Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)

Apaturinae

  • Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

  • Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
  • Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
  • Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
  • Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
  • Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
  • Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
  • Salamis cacta eileenae Henning & Joannou, 1994
  • Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
  • Precis actia Distant, 1880
  • Precis cuama (Hewitson, 1864)
  • Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
  • Precis tugela aurorina (Butler, 1894)
  • Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

  • Cyrestis camillus sublineata Lathy, 1901

Biblidinae

Biblidini

  • Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
  • Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
  • Eurytela hiarbas lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Epicaliini

  • Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
  • Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild, 1918)
  • Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

  • Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
  • Cymothoe coranus dowsetti Beaurain, 1988
  • Cymothoe coranus murphyi Beaurain, 1988
  • Cymothoe cottrelli Rydon, 1980
  • Cymothoe melanjae Bethune-Baker, 1926
  • Cymothoe zombana Bethune-Baker, 1926
  • Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
  • Pseudacraea deludens deludens Neave, 1912
  • Pseudacraea deludens murphyi Hecq, 1991
  • Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893
  • Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)
  • Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879)

Neptidini

  • Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
  • Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913
  • Neptis carcassoni Van Son, 1959
  • Neptis incongrua Butler, 1896
  • Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
  • Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
  • Neptis swynnertoni Trimen, 1912
  • Neptis trigonophora Butler, 1878

Adoliadini

  • Catuna sikorana Rogenhofer, 1889
  • Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Euryphura concordia (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
  • Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855
  • Bebearia orientis malawiensis Holmes, 2001
  • Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
  • Euphaedra nigrobasalis ceramica Hecq, 1991
  • Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
  • Euphaedra murphyi Hecq, 1991
  • Euphaedra neophron (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

  • Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
  • Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
  • Acraea boopis choloui Pierre, 1979
  • Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Acraea insignis Distant, 1880
  • Acraea machequena Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
  • Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
  • Acraea quirina rosa Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996
  • Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
  • Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
  • Acraea asema Hewitson, 1877
  • Acraea chaeribula Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea chambezi Neave, 1910
  • Acraea egina areca Mabille, 1889
  • Acraea periphanes Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
  • Acraea punctellata Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea atergatis Westwood, 1881
  • Acraea axina Westwood, 1881
  • Acraea caecilia pudora Aurivillius, 1910
  • Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877
  • Acraea leucopyga Aurivillius, 1904
  • Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
  • Acraea aganice nicega (Suffert, 1904)
  • Acraea aganice nyassae (Carpenter, 1920)
  • Acraea epaea melina (Thurau, 1903)
  • Acraea scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
  • Acraea acuta Howarth, 1969
  • Acraea alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
  • Acraea baxteri Sharpe, 1902
  • Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
  • Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
  • Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
  • Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
  • Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
  • Acraea burni Butler, 1896
  • Acraea pentapolis epidica Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Holland, 1892
  • Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892
  • Acraea ventura Hewitson, 1877
  • Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Acraea induna Trimen, 1895
  • Acraea parei orangica (Henning & Henning, 1996)
  • Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833
  • Acraea igola Trimen & Bowker, 1889
  • Acraea perenna thesprio Oberthür, 1893

Argynnini

  • Issoria smaragdifera (Butler, 1895)

Vagrantini

  • Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
  • Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
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Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

  • Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  • Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

  • Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata (Butler, 1888)
  • Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
  • Celaenorrhinus zanqua Evans, 1937
  • Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
  • Eretis umbra nox (Neave, 1910)
  • Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894
  • Sarangesa haplopa Swinhoe, 1907
  • Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
  • Sarangesa lucidella (Mabille, 1891)
  • Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
  • Sarangesa ruona Evans, 1937
  • Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909

Tagiadini

  • Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Eagris sabadius ochreana Lathy, 1901
  • Calleagris hollandi (Butler, 1897)
  • Calleagris jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
  • Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
  • Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
  • Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
  • Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901
  • Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
  • Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
  • Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889
  • Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

Carcharodini

  • Spialia confusa Evans, 1937
  • Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
  • Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
  • Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

  • Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894)
  • Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
  • Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
  • Kedestes lema linka Evans, 1956
  • Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Kedestes fenestratus (Butler, 1894)
  • Gorgyra bibulus Riley, 1929
  • Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
  • Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
  • Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Xanthodisca vibius (Hewitson, 1878)
  • Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
  • Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
  • Acleros mackenii (Trimen, 1868)
  • Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
  • Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
  • Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
  • Meza larea (Neave, 1910)
  • Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Andronymus fenestrella Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
  • Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
  • Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
  • Artitropa erinnys nyasae Riley, 1925
  • Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
  • Leona leonora dux Evans, 1937
  • Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876)
  • Monza punctata (Aurivillius, 1910)
  • Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
  • Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
  • Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Platylesches lamba Neave, 1910
  • Platylesches langa Evans, 1937
  • Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
  • Platylesches rasta Evans, 1937
  • Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910
  • Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

Baorini

  • Zenonia anax Evans, 1937
  • Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
  • Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
  • Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

Heteropterinae

  • Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
  • Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896)
  • Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)
  • Metisella medea nyika Evans, 1937
  • Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)
  • Metisella perexcellens (Butler, 1896)
  • Metisella quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
  • Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)

See also

  • Wildlife of Malawi
  • Geography of Malawi
  • List of ecoregions in Malawi

References

  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates
  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Text (in German)

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