Frontier Tanzania Environmental Research REPORT 110 ...

Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve
62
6.4.4 BUTTERFLIES
Records of 1115 butterflies were collected in Kazimzumbwi FR, representing 5 families, 53
genera, 140 species and 148 subspecies (Table 24 and 25). All identifications are considered
tentative whilst awaiting taxonomic verifications.
Table 24 Summary of butterfly species recorded in Kazimzumbwi FR.
Family No. of genera No. of species No.of subspecies
Hesperiidae 4 5 5
Lycaenidae 11 20 21
Nymphalidae 27 77 79
Papilionidae 2 5 7
Pieridae 9 33 36
Totals 53 140 148
Table 25 Butterfly species recorded in Kazimzumbwi FR. (Ecological type, endemic status and
‘new records’ are compiled from Kielland (1990), Larsen (1996) and Burgess and Clarke (2000);
this is not given for species identif ied to genus only).
Species Ecol. End. Species Ecol. End.
type status type status
HESPERIIDAE
Coeliades sejuncta ** F W Tagiades flesus * F W
Monza cretacea *** W Unknown sp. - -
Spialia despauperata despauperata ** f W
LYCAENIDAE
Anthene sp. - - Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda * f W
Appias epaphia f W Pentila pauli ** f W
Deudarix dinochares f W Pentila rondo * F N
Euchrysops malathana *** f W Pentila rogersi * F N
Euchrysops osiris *** f W Pentila tropicalis F W
Euchrysops subpallida *** O W Pentila tropicalis mombasae F W
Hemiolaus coeculus f W Pentila sp. - -
Hemiolaus coeculus littoralis* f W Teriomima micra * F N
Lepidochrysops barkeri *** f W Teriomima subpunctata ** F N
Lepidochrysops sp. - - Unknown sp. - -
Leptotes pirithous *** O W
NYMPHALIDAE
Acraea aganice montana F W Euxanthe wakefieldi F W
Acraea cerasa * F W Hamanumida daedalus f W
Acraea encedena * f W Harma theobene f W
Acraea epaea epitellus F N Harma theobene blassi * f W
Acraea eponina eponina * f W Henotesia perspicua * f W
Acraea insignis insignis * f W Hypolimnas anthedon walbergi ** F W
Acraea orestia orestia ** F W Hypolimnas deceptor deceptor * f W
Acraea petraea* f W Hypolimnas misippus * O W
Frontier-TanzaniaCoastal Forest Research Programme