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SWAZILAND'S BIODIVERSITY: Swaziland's Butterflies

Compilation of this checklist would not have been possible without the data and technical assistance provided by the UCT-ADU SABCA project and virtual museum.

Information from nature reserve checklists compiled by Chuck Saunders, updated with additions from Chuck Saunders, 5 November 2009, plus additional photographic records. Numbers quoted are from Pennington's Butterflies. Nomenclature updated in 2012, as per the SABCA virtual museum.

Photos to illustrate the checklist provided by Christopher K. Willis, I.C. and A. Sharp, Justin Bode, Peter Webb, Steve Woodhall, Ralda & Louis Heyns, G. Diedericks, J.C. McMaster, M. Holmes, Geoff Nichols, Michael Purves and Kate Braun.

An Adobe pdf version of the Swaziland Butterflies Checklist as at August 2013 is available here (click to view/download - approx 13 MB).

	(not identified)	(1 species)
	Papilionidae Papilioninae	Swallowtails (7 species)
	Papilionidae Papilioninae	Swallowtails (7 species)
	Hesperiidae Coeliadinae	Skippers (5 species)
	Hesperiidae Pyrginae	Skippers (6 species)
	Hesperiidae Pyrginae	Skippers (6 species)
	Hesperiidae Pyrginae	Skippers (11 species)
	Hesperiidae Heteropterinae	Skippers (4 species)
	Hesperiidae Hesperiinae	Skippers (25 species)
	Hesperiidae Hesperiinae	Skippers (16 species)
	Nymphalidae Danainae	Milkweed butterflies (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Danainae	Milkweed butterflies (5 species)
	Nymphalidae Libytheinae	Snout butterflies (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (4 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (5 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (14 species)
	Nymphalidae Charaxinae	Charaxes (18 species)
	Nymphalidae Nymphalinae	Nymphs and commodores (5 species)
	Nymphalidae Nymphalinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Nymphalinae	Nymphs and commodores (15 species)
	Nymphalidae Biblidinae	Nymphs and commodores (4 species)
	Nymphalidae Biblidinae	Nymphs and commodores (3 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Acraeas (19 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Acraeas (8 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Nymphs and commodores (3 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Acraeas (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (8 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (5 species)
	Pieridae Coliadinae	Whites (6 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (1 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (1 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (21 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (1 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (11 species)
	Lycaenidae Poritiinae	Blues and coppers (3 species)
	Lycaenidae Poritiinae	Blues and coppers (6 species)
	Lycaenidae Miletinae	Blues and coppers (4 species)
	Lycaenidae Aphnaeinae	Blues and coppers (23 species)
	Lycaenidae Polyommatinae	Blues and coppers (12 species)
	Lycaenidae Polyommatinae	Blues and coppers (1 species)
	Lycaenidae Polyommatinae	Blues and coppers (52 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (2 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (9 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (7 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (7 species)
	378 species recorded or possibly found in Swaziland. Species recorded in Malolotja Nature Reserve: Species recorded in Mantenga Nature Reserve: Species recorded in Mlawula Nature Reserve:

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