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Malolotja Nature Reserve - Fauna - Butterflies

Information from reserve checklist 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 July 2008, information provided by Mark Williams.

Photos to illustrate the checklist provided by Christopher K. Willis, I.C. and A. Sharp, Justin Bode, Peter Webb and Kate Braun.

	(not identified)	(0 species)
	Papilionidae Papilioninae	Swallowtails (4 species)
	Papilionidae Papilioninae	Swallowtails (5 species)
	Hesperiidae Coeliadinae	Skippers (3 species)
	Hesperiidae Pyrginae	Skippers (2 species)
	Hesperiidae Pyrginae	Skippers (3 species)
	Hesperiidae Pyrginae	Skippers (4 species)
	Hesperiidae Heteropterinae	Skippers (1 species)
	Hesperiidae Hesperiinae	Skippers (10 species)
	Hesperiidae Hesperiinae	Skippers (8 species)
	Nymphalidae Danainae	Milkweed butterflies (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Danainae	Milkweed butterflies (2 species)
	Nymphalidae Libytheinae	Snout butterflies (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (3 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (2 species)
	Nymphalidae Satyrinae	Browns (5 species)
	Nymphalidae Charaxinae	Charaxes (8 species)
	Nymphalidae Nymphalinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Nymphalinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Nymphalinae	Nymphs and commodores (10 species)
	Nymphalidae Biblidinae	Nymphs and commodores (4 species)
	Nymphalidae Biblidinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Acraeas (9 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Acraeas (4 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Nymphs and commodores (2 species)
	Nymphalidae Heliconiinae	Acraeas (0 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (3 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (0 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Nymphalidae Limenitidinae	Nymphs and commodores (1 species)
	Pieridae Coliadinae	Whites (5 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (1 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (1 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (7 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (1 species)
	Pieridae Pierinae	Whites (4 species)
	Lycaenidae Poritiinae	Blues and coppers (0 species)
	Lycaenidae Poritiinae	Blues and coppers (1 species)
	Lycaenidae Miletinae	Blues and coppers (3 species)
	Lycaenidae Aphnaeinae	Blues and coppers (13 species)
	Lycaenidae Polyommatinae	Blues and coppers (3 species)
	Lycaenidae Polyommatinae	Blues and coppers (1 species)
	Lycaenidae Polyommatinae	Blues and coppers (29 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (1 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (1 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (3 species)
	Lycaenidae Theclinae	Blues and coppers (2 species)
	(176 species recorded or possibly found in Malolotja.)

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