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Nymphalidae

Checklist of African Nymphalidae species

Niklas Wahlberg


The list below is based on the following works:

  • Ackery, P., Smith, C. R. and Vane-Wright, R. I. 1995 (Carcasson's African Butterflies: An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea of the Afrotropical Region)
  • Lees, D., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003 (pp. 762-793 in The Natural History of Madagascar, edited by S. M. Goodman and J. P. Benstead). Click here for a list of Madagascan species
  • The 1299 species of Nymphalidae in the Afrotropics are:

    Libytheinae

    Danainae


    Charaxinae

    Satyrinae

    Heliconiinae

    Limenitidinae

    Biblidinae

    Cyrestinae

    Apaturinae

    Nymphalinae