Research Article

Butterfly Abundance and Diversity in Different Habitat Types in the Usangu Area, Ruaha National Park

Table 1

Butterfly species caught in Usangu area, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Latin nameFamily nameSubfamilyRAGenus

Borbo borbonica borbonica (Boisduval), 1833HesperiidaeHesperiinaeRBorbo
Zenonia zeno (Trimen), 1864HesperiidaeHesperiinaeVRZenonia
Anthene lunulate (Trimen), 1894LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRAnthene
Anthene princeps princeps (Butler), 1967LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRAnthene
Axiocerses harpax ugandana (Clench), 1963LycaenidaeAphnaeiniRAxiocerses
Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville), 1849LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRAzanus
Euchrysops albistriatus severini (Hulstaert), 1924LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVREuchrysops
Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval), 1833LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVREuchrysops
Euchrysops subpallida (Bethune-Baker), 1923LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVREuchrysops
Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus), 1767LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRLampides
Leptotes marginalis (Aurivillius), 1925LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRLeptotes
Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus), 1767LycaenidaePolyommatinaeRLeptotes
Pseudonacaduba sichela sichela (Wallengren), 1857LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRPseudonacaduba
Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave), 1904LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRTuxentius
Tuxentius melaena melaena (Trimen), 1887LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRTuxentius
Zintha hintza hintza (Trimen), 1864LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRZintha
Zizeeria knysna (Trimen), 1862LycaenidaePolyommatinaeVRZizeeria
Zizina anatanossa (Mabille), 1877LycaenidaePolyommatinaeRZizina
Zizula hylax (Fabricius), 1775LycaenidaePolyommatinaeNRZizula
Acraea acrita (Hewitson), 1865NymphalidaeHeliconiinaeRAcraea
Acraea caecilian (Fabricius), 1781NymphalidaeHeliconiinaeVRAcraea
Acraea caldarena caldarena (Hewitson), 1877NymphalidaeHeliconiinaeRAcraea
Acraea epaea epitellus (Staudinger), 1896NymphalidaeHeliconiinaeRAcraea
Acraea eponina eponina (Cramer), 1780NymphalidaeHeliconiinaeRAcraea
Acraea neobule neobule (Doubleday), 1847NymphalidaeHeliconiinaeVRAcraea
Bicyclus anynana (Butler), 1879NymphalidaeSatyrinaeVRBicyclus
Bicyclus campinus carcassoni (Condamin), 1963NymphalidaeSatyrinaeRBicyclus
Bicyclus campus (Karsch), 1893NymphalidaeSatyrinaeRBicyclus
Bicyclus ena (Hewitson), 1877NymphalidaeSatyrinaeRBicyclus
Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius), 1893NymphalidaeSatyrinaeVRBicyclus
Bicyclus mollitia (Karsch), 1895NymphalidaeSatyrinaeRBicyclus
Bicyclus safitza safitza (Westwood), 1850NymphalidaeSatyrinaeCBicyclus
Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson), 1877NymphalidaeSatyrinaeVRBicyclus
Bicyclus sophrosyne sophrosyne (Plötz), 1880NymphalidaeSatyrinaeNRBicyclus
Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren), 1857NymphalidaeBiblidinaeRByblia
Byblia ilithyia (Drury), 1773NymphalidaeBiblidinaeNRByblia
Catacroptera cloanthe cloanthe (Stoll), 1781NymphalidaeNymphalinaeVRCatacroptera
Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes (Felder), 1970NymphalidaeCharaxinaeRCharaxes
Charaxes aubyni ecketti (van Someren), 1966NymphalidaeCharaxinaeVRCharaxes
Charaxes bohemani (Felder), 1859NymphalidaeCharaxinaeRCharaxes
Charaxes cithaeron nairobicus (van Son), 1953NymphalidaeCharaxinaeVRCharaxes
Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis (Poulton), 1929NymphalidaeCharaxinaeRCharaxes
Charaxes saturnus (Butler), 1866NymphalidaeCharaxinaeRCharaxes
Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille), 1876NymphalidaeCharaxinaeVRCharaxes
Coenyropsis carcassoni (Kielland), 1976NymphalidaeSatyrinaeVRCoenyropsis
Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus), 1758NymphalidaeDanainaeRDanaus
Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler), 1900NymphalidaePierinaeRDixeia
Eurytela dryope angulate (Aurivillius), 1898NymphalidaeBiblidinaeNREurytela
Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius), 1775NymphalidaeLimenitidinaeCHamanumida
Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi (Bethune-Baker), 1924NymphalidaeTheclinaeVRHypolycaena
Junonia artaxia (Hewitson), 1864NymphalidaeNymphalinaeRJunonia
Junonia hierta cebrene (Trimen), 1870NymphalidaeNymphalinaeNRJunonia
Junonia natalica natalica (Felder & Felder), 1860NymphalidaeNymphalinaeNRJunonia
Junonia oenone oenone (Linnaeus), 1758NymphalidaeNymphalinaeRJunonia
Junonia orithya madagascariensis (Guenée, 1865)NymphalidaeNymphalinaeRJunonia
Junonia terea elgiva (Hewitson), 1864NymphalidaeNymphalinaeVRJunonia
Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus), 1767NymphalidaePolyommatinaeVRLampides
Melanitis leda (Linnaeus), 1758NymphalidaeSatyrinaeRMelanitis
Neptis morosa (Overlaet), 1955NymphalidaeLimenitidinaeNRNeptis
Neptis saclava marpessa (Hopffer), 1855NymphalidaeLimenitinaeVRNeptis
Pardopsis punctatissima (Boisduval) 1833NymphalidaeHeliconiinaeCPardopsis
Precis antilope (Feisthamel), 1850NymphalidaeNymphalinaeNRPrecis
Precis octavia sesamus (Trimen), 1883NymphalidaeNymphalinaeRPrecis
Precis pelarga actia (Distant), 1880NymphalidaeNymphalinaeVRPrecis
Ypthima granulosa (Butler), 1883NymphalidaeSatyrinaeVRYpthima
Papilio constantinus constatinus (Ward), 1871PapilionidaePapilioninaeVRPapilio
Papilio demodocus demodocus (Esper), 1798PapilionidaePapilioninaeVRPapilio
Belenois aurota aurota (Fabricius), 1793PieridaePierinaeVCBelenois
Belenois calypso minor (Talbot), 1943PieridaePierinaeRBelenois
Belenois creona severina (Grose-Smith), 1890PieridaePierinaeNRBelenois
Belenois subeida sylvander (Grose-Smith), 1890PieridaePierinaeRBelenois
Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland), 1896PieridaePierinaeRBelenois
Catopsilia florella (Fabricius), 1775PieridaeColiadinaeVRCatopsilia
Colotis amatus amatus (Fabricius), 1775PieridaePierinaeNRColotis
Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas), 1891PieridaePierinaeNRColotis
Colotis aurigineus (Butler), 1883PieridaePierinaeVRColotis
Colotis aurora (Cramer), 1780PieridaePierinaeVRColotis
Colotis celimene celimene (Lucas), 1852PieridaePierinaeRColotis
Colotis daira jacksoni (Sharpe), 1890PieridaePierinaeCColotis
Colotis danae eupompe (Klug), 1829PieridaePierinaeNRColotis
Colotis eris eris (Klug), 1832PieridaePierinaeNRTeracolus
Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler), 1886PieridaePierinaeRColotis
Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval), 1836PieridaePierinaeRColotis
Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe), 1904PieridaePierinaeCColotis
Colotis hildebrandti (Staudinger), 1885PieridaePierinaeVRColotis
Colotis ione (Godart), 1819PieridaePierinaeRColotis
Colotis regina (Trimen), 1863PieridaePierinaeRColotis
Colotis rogersi (Dixey), 1915PieridaePierinaeRColotis
Colotis venosus (Staudinger), 1885PieridaePierinaeRColotis
Eurema brigitta brigitta (Stoll), 1780PieridaeColiadinaeNREurema
Eurema floricola orientis (Butler), 1888PieridaeColiadinaeNREurema
Eurema hapale (Mabille), 1882PieridaeColiadinaeVREurema
Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler), 1875PieridaeColiadinaeREurema
Eurema regularis regularis (Butler), 1876PieridaeColiadinaeNREurema
Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval), 1836PieridaePierinaeVRNepheronia
Pinacopteryx eriphia melanarge (Butler), 1886PieridaePierinaeVCPinacopteryx
Pontia helice johnstoni (Crowley), 1887PieridaePierinaeRPontia