THE BUTTERFLIES OF NYIKA NATIONAL PARK List taken from A Visitors Guide to the National Park, Malawi by Sigrid Johnson (1993). Originally compiled by Ivan Bampton, updated and checked by Colin Congdon. Nomenclature mostly follows Williams, M.C. (2010) Higher Classification of the Butterflies and Skippers of the World (9th edition). E = endemic to Superfamily PAPILIONOIDEA Family Papilionidae Papilio dardanus dardanus Papilio demodocus Papilio jacksoni nyika Papilio mackinnoni theodori Papilio nireus lyaeus Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Papilio pelodurus pelodurus E Papilio thuraui cyclopis Graphium angolanus angolanus Family Pieridae Colias electo hecate Eurema brigitta brigitta Eurema desjardinsi regularis Eurema hecabe setifera Catopsilia florella Nepheronia argia mhondana Appias sabina phoebe Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Belenois thysa thysa Belenois zochalia agrippinides E Mylothris crawshayi crawshayi Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Mylothris sagala dentatus Family Nymphalidae Subfamily Danaidae Danaus chrysippus aegyptius Amauris albimaculata latifascia Amauris echeria serica Amauris ellioti junia Subfamily Heliconiidae Acraea aganice nicega Acraea anacreon anacreon Acraea ansorgei acuta Acraea caecilia pudora Acraea epaea melina Acraea eponina Acraea goetzei Acraea insignis insignis, Mwenembwe, evergreen forests to 2350 m to 2200 m, Juniper Forest evergreen forest to 2200 m forest,, evergreen to 2400m up to 2600 m up to 2600 m Kasungu Mt. evergreen forest up to 2350m evergreen forest up to 2350m, E& E & montane
Acraea johnstoni johnstoni Acraea periphanes Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Acraea pudorella Acraea scalivittata evergreen forest Acraea ventura ventura Subfamily Satyrinae Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Bicyclus anynana anynana Bicyclus campinus campinus Bicyclus danckelmani Bicyclus simulacris Henotesia ubenica Ypthimomorpha itonia Neita extensa Neocoenyra gregorii Neocoenyra parallelopupillata Subfamily Charaxinae Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes Charaxes acuminatus nyika Charaxes ansorgei levicki Charaxes aubyni australis Charaxes baumanni whytei Charaxes bohemani Charaxes brutus natalensis Charaxes canidope canidope Charaxes dilutes dilutus E Charaxes dowsetti Charaxes druceanus proximans Charaxes eupale Charaxes guderianus guderianus Charaxes macclounii E Charaxes nyikensis Charaxes pollux geminus Charaxes varanes vologeses Charaxes violetta violetta Charaxes xiphares brevicaudatus Subfamily Nymphalinae Cymothoe cottrelli Harma theobene blassi Crenidomimas concordia Bebearia mardania orientis Euphaedra zaddachi Hamanumida daedalus Pseudargynnis hegemone Pseudacraea deludens deludens Pseudacraea lucretia expansa Neptis incongrua incongrua Neptis laeta Neptis melicerta,, E &,,, high mountain forest on plateau,, E &, E& forest,
Cyrestis camillus sublineata E & Sevenia amulia rosa Sevenia moranti moranti Eurytela hyarbas lita Junonia hierta cebrene, open Junonia orithya orithya open, Precis cuama Precis octavia sesamus, Precis tugela aurorina, Vanessa cardui Antanartia dimorphica dimorphica Antanartia schaeneia dubia Lachnoptera ayresi Phalanta phalantha ethiopica Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera, Pardopsis punctatissima Family Lycaenidae E Alaena sp. nov. E Alaena sp. nov. Spalgis lemolea Aphnaeus erikssoni mashunae Aphnaeus marshalli Cigaritis homeyeri Cigaritis mozambica Cigaritis natalensi Cigaritis victoriae Lipaphneus aderna spindasoides Axiocerses amanga Axiocerses bambana E Axiocerses karinae Axiocerses punicea Aloeides griseus Iolaus (Argiolaus) lalos lalos Iolaus (Argiolaus) silarus Iolaus (Epamera) congdoni E Iolaus (Epamera) helenae Iolaus (Epamera) nasisii Iolaus (Epamera) sidus Iolaus (Epamera) violacea Iolaus (Philiolaus) stewarti Iolaus (Philiolaus) pamae Stugeta bowkeri nyasana Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus Hypolycaena auricostalis Hypolycaena pachalica Hypolycaena philippus Pilodeudorix caerulea Pilodeudorix camerona katanga Pilodeudorix zeloides Deudorix (Virachola) antalus Deudorix (Virachola) caliginosa Deudorix (Virachola) ecaudata Chisanga Falls Plateau,Thazima, Thazima, E &, montane forest, [sp. nov. of Bampton] and s and s and lower levels montane forest throughout, grassy hillsides
Deudorix lorisona coffea Capysdis connexivus throughout on Protea Lycaena abbotti throughout on Rumex Anthene definita definita Anthene hobleyi Anthene kersteni Anthene lasti Anthene ligures Anthene liodes Nyamkhowa Mt Anthene rubricinctus anadema Triclema nigeriae Cupidopsis cissus Cupidopsis jobates jobates Pseudonacaduba sichela sichela Lampides boeticus and Uranothauma antinorii felthami Uranothauma cordatus Uranothauma crawshayi high Plateau Uranothauma cuneatum, Uranothauma falkensteini Uranothauma heritsia virgo Uranothauma nubifer Uranothauma poggei Uranothauma vansomereni Uranothauma williamsi Cacyreus fracta, Cacyreus virilis Harpendyreus juno wetlands, montane, Harpendyreus hazelae wetlands, montane, Harpendyreus marungensis marungensis Leptotes jeanneli Leptotes marginalis Tuxentius ertli, Zizeeria knysna Actizera stellata High Plateau Azanus mirza Azanus moriqua Azanus natalensis Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoena Euchrysops unigemmata Lepidochrysops barkeri E Lepidochrysops chalceus Lepidochrysops cupreus Lepidochrysops dolorosa E Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli E Lepidochrysops nyika Lepidochrysops pampolis Superfamily HESPERIOIDEA Family Hesperiidae Coeliades forestan Celaenorrhinus galenus
Celaenorrhinus zanqua, montane evergreen forest Eagris sabadius ochreana, Calleagris hollandi, montane evergreen forest fringes Calleagris jamesoni Eretis djaelaelae Eretis melania Sarangesa lucidella Abantis paradisea Abantis zambisiaca Spialia spio Metisella decipiens Metisella formosa formosa E Metisella medea nyika Kasungu Mt. (1890m?) Metisella orientalis orientalis, also escarpment E Metisella perexcellens perexcellens Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus Ampittia capenas capenas Kedestes barberae barberae Kedestes brunneostriga Kedestes wallengrenii fenestratus, Gorgyra bibulus, Gorgyra johnstoni Parosmodes moranti moranti Acleros mackenii Semelea arela Semelea pulvina Chondrolepis telisignata Artitropa milleri Artitropa reducta Chisanga Falls Platylesches langa Platylesches picanini Platylesches rasta rasta Platylesches robustus robustus Zenonia zeno, evergreen (2160m) Borbo borbonica borbonica Borbo fallax Borbo gemella Borbo micans Borbo perobscura Borbo sirena Gegenes niso brevicornis, 223 species