Swaziland's Biodiversity: Moths (excluding Moths)

Swaziland's Moths by family, subfamily and tribe:

For detailed information on each species, click on the species name.

 
Lycaenidae  Polyommatinae  Polyommatini

Blues and coppers
Actizera lucida
   Rayed blue
Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula
Azanus jesous
   Topaz babul blue
Mlawula
Azanus mirza
   Pale babul blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Azanus moriqua
   Black-bordered babul blue
Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula
Azanus natalensis
   Natal babul blue
Mlawula
Azanus ubaldus
   Velvet-spotted babul blue
Mlawula
Cacyreus fracta fracta
   Water geranium bronze
Malolotja
Cacyreus lingeus
   Bush bronze
Malolotja Mantenga
Cacyreus marshalli
   Common geranium bronze
Malolotja
Cacyreus virilis
   Mocker bronze
Malolotja Mlawula
Cupidopsis cissus cissus
   Common meadow blue
Malolotja
Cupidopsis jobates jobates
   Tailed meadow blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Eicochrysops hippocrates
   White-tipped blue
Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula
Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena
   Cupreous blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Euchrysops barkeri
   Barker's smoky blue
Mlawula
Euchrysops dolorosa
   Sabie smoky blue
Malolotja
Euchrysops malathana
   Common smoky blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Euchrysops osiris
   Osiris smoky blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Euchrysops subpallida
   Ashen smoky blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Harpendyreus noquasa
   Marsh mountain blue
Malolotja
Lampides boeticus
   Pea blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Lepidochrysops glauca
   Silvery blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Lepidochrysops ignota
   Zulu Blue
Malolotja
Lepidochrysops irvingi
   Irving's blue
Malolotja
Lepidochrysops jefferyi
   Jeffery's blue
Lepidochrysops patricia
   Patricia blue
Malolotja Mlawula
Lepidochrysops plebeia plebeia
   Twin-spot blue
Malolotja
Lepidochrysops procera
   Potchefstroom blue
Lepidochrysops sp.
   
Malolotja
Lepidochrysops swanepoeli
   Swanepoel's blue
Lepidochrysops tantalus
   King blue
Lepidochrysops variabilis
   Variable blue
Malolotja
Leptotes babaulti
   Babault's zebra blue
Mlawula
Leptotes brevidentatus
   Short-toothed zebra blue
Leptotes jeanneli
   Jeannel's zebra blue
Leptotes pirithous pirithous
   Common zebra blue
Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula
Leptotes pulchra pulchra
   Sesbania blue
Mlawula
Leptotes sp.
   
Orachrysops lacrimosa
   Restless blue
Malolotja
Orachrysops subravus
   Grizzled blue
Oraidium barberae
   Dwarf blue
Mlawula
Pseudonacaduba sichela sichela
   Dusky line blue
Tarucus bowkeri transvaalensis
   Bowker's dotted blue
Tarucus sybaris sybaris
   Dotted blue
Mlawula
Tuxentius calice calice
   White pie
Tuxentius melaena melaena
   Black pie
Malolotja Mlawula
Uranothauma nubifer nubifer
   Black heart
Zintha hintza hintza
   Hintza pierrot
Zintha hintza krooni
   Hintza pierrot
Zizeeria knysna
   African grass blue
Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula
Zizina otis antanossa
   Dark grass blue
Mlawula
Zizula hylax
   Tiny grass blue
Malolotja Mlawula

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