Table 2 IUCN conservation status of butterfly taxon recorded in the Kihansi gorge forest ecosystem
Taxon | Family | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | taxon IUCN Status | Threat level in Southern Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Celaenorrhinus sanjeensis (Kielland, 1990)* | Hesperiidae | Pyrginae | Celaenorrhinini | Celaenorrhinus | NE | Â |
Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891) | Hesperiidae | Tagiadinae | Celaenorrhinini | Eretis | NE | Â |
Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) | Lycaenidae | Polyommatinae | Polyommatini | Leptotes | LC | Â |
Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) | Lycaenidae | Polyommatinae | Polyommatini | Zizeeria | NE | Â |
Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894) | Lycaenidae | Polyommatinae | Lycaenesthini | Anthene | NE | CRVu |
Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855) | Lycaenidae | Polyommatinae | Polyommatini | Euchrysops | LC | Â |
Acraea anemosa (Hewitson, 1865) | Nymphalidae | Heliconiinae | Acraeni | Acraea | LC | Â |
Acraea cabira (Hopffer, 1855) | Nymphalidae | Heliconiinae | Acraeni | Acraea | LC | Â |
Acraea insignis (Distant, 1880) | Nymphalidae | Heliconiinae | Acraeni | Acraea | NE | Â |
Acraea servona (Godart) | Nymphalidae | Heliconiinae | Acraeni | Acraea | NE | Â |
Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nymphalidae | Danainae | Danaini | Amauris | NE | Â |
Bebearia orientis (Karsch, 1895) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Adoliadini | Bebearia | NE | Â |
Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877) | Nymphalidae | Satyrinae | Elymniini | Bicyclus | NE | Â |
Bicyclus danckelmani (Rogenhofer, 1891) | Nymphalidae | Satyrinae | Satyrini | Bicyclus | NE | Â |
Catuna sikorana (Rogenhofer, 1889) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Adoliadini | Catuna | NE | Â |
Charaxes acuminatus (Thurau, 1903) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes brutus alcyone (Stoneham) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | LC | ER |
Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes cithaeron (C. & R. Felder, 1859) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes congdoni (Collins, 1989)* | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | EdER |
Charaxes druceanus (Butler, 1869)* | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes lucyae (van Someren, 1975) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | EdER |
Charaxes macclounii (Butler, 1895) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes pollux (Cramer) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes jahlusa (Trimen) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1764) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | NE | ER |
Charaxes zoolina (Westwood,1850) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Charaxini | Charaxes | LC | ER |
Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer) | Nymphalidae | Danainae | Danaini | Danaus | NE | Â |
Euphaedra neophron violacea (Butler) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Adoliadini | Euphaedra | NE | Â |
Euphaedra zaddachi (Dewitz, 1879) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Adoliadini | Euphaedra | NE | Â |
Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Adoliadini | Euptera | NE | Â |
Euryphura concordia (Hopffer) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Adoliadini | Euryphura | NE | Â |
Eurytela dryope (Cramer, 1775) | Nymphalidae | Biblidinae | Eurytelini | Eurytela | NE | Â |
Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1770) | Nymphalidae | Biblidinae | Eurytelini | Eurytela | NE | Â |
Euxanthe tiberius (Grose-Smith, 1889) | Nymphalidae | Charaxinae | Euxanthini | Euxanthe | NE | Â |
Gnophodes betsimena (Boisduval, 1833) | Nymphalidae | Satyrinae | Melanitini | Gnaphodes | NE | Â |
Hamanumida daedalus (Hubner) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Alonidini | Hamanumida | NE | Â |
Henotesia perspicua (Trimen, 1873) | Nymphalidae | Satyrinae | Satyrini | Henotesia | NE | Â |
Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) | Nymphalidae | Nympalinae | Junoniini | Hypolimnas | LC | Â |
Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nymphalidae | Nympalinae | Junoniini | Junonia | NE | Â |
Junonia natalica (C. & R. Felder) | Nymphalidae | Nympalinae | Junoniini | Junonia | NE | Â |
Junonia terea (Druce, 1773) | Nymphalidae | Nympalinae | Junoniini | Junonia | NE | Â |
Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nymphalidae | Satyrinae | Melanitini | Melanitis | LC | Â |
Melanitis libya (Distant, 1882) | Nymphalidae | Satyrinae | Melanitini | Melanitis | NE | Â |
Neptis laeta (Overlaet, 1955) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Neptini | Neptis | NE | Â |
Phalanta (Drury, 1773) | Nymphalidae | Heliconiinae | Vagrantini | Phalanta | NE | Â |
Physcaeneura jacksoni (Carcasson, 1961) | Nymphalidae | Satyrinae | Satyrini | Physcaeneura | NE | Â |
Protogoniomorpha temora (Fedler) | Nymphalidae | Nympalinae | Junoniini | Protogoniomorpha | NE | Â |
Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Druce, 1782) | Nymphalidae | Nympalinae | Junoniini | Protogoniomorpha | LC | Â |
Pseudacraea boisduvali trimenii (Butler) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Limenitidini | Pseudacraea | NE | Â |
Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus) | Nymphalidae | Limenitidinae | Limenitidini | Pseudacraea | NE | Â |
Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Leptocircini | Graphium | NE | Â |
Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Leptocircini | Graphium | LC | Â |
Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Leptocircini | Graphium | NE | Â |
Graphium polistratus(Grose-Smith) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Leptocircini | Graphium | NE | Â |
Papilio ophidicephalus (Oberthur) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Papilionini | Papilio | NE | ER |
Papilio dardanus (Brown, 1776) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Papilionini | Papilio | NE | ER |
Papilio echerioides (Trimen, 1868) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Papilionini | Papilio | LC | Â |
Papilio demodocus (Esper) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Papilionini | Papilio | NE | ER |
Papilio nireus (Linnaeus) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Papilionini | Papilio | NE | ER |
Graphium antheus (Cramer) | Papilionidae | Papilioninae | Papilionini | Graphium | LC | Â |
Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) | Pieridae | Coliadinae | Coliadini | Catopsilia | LC | Â |
Colotis evenina (Wallengren) | Pieridae | Pierinae | Teracolini | Colotis | NE | ER |
Eurema brigitta (Stoll, 1780) | Pieridae | Coliadinae | Eurema | Eurema | LC | Â |
Eurema desjardinsii (Boisduval, 1833) | Pieridae | Coliadinae | Eurema | Eurema | NE | Â |
Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882) | Pieridae | Coliadinae | Eurema | Eurema | NE | Â |
Nepheronia argia (Fabricius) | Pieridae | Pierinae | Nepheroniini | Nepheronia | NE | Â |
Belenois aurota (Fabricius) | Pieridae | Pierinae | Pierini | Belenois | LC |  |
Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779) | Pieridae | Pierinae | Pierini | Mylothris | NE | Â |
Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855) | Pieridae | Pierinae | Pierini | Belenois | NE | Â |