Welcome to the African Butterfly Database (ABDB) ! Torben Bjørn Larsen, who inspired many of us. His knowledge and personality are irreplaceable. How to use? How to contribute?

Butterflies of Africa. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,265 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

Pieridae are the sulphurs and whites, medium-sized mostly pale-colored butterflies with a world-wide distribution. There are some 1100 species. Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies with over 6,000 species worldwide.

Playing an essential role for refuelling ecosystems, butterflies reminds us to protect our beautiful and fragile nature. Join environmentalist and nature photographer Adedotun Ajibade to explore...

This is a list of butterflies of South Africa. Over 660 species are known from South Africa, a large proportion of which are endemic. [1]

Papilio antimachus, the African giant swallowtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. With a wingspan between 18 and 23 centimetres (7.1 and 9.1 in), it is the largest butterfly in Africa and among the largest butterflies in the world.

Personal encyclopedia of African Butterflies & Moths. Personal encyclopedia of African Butterflies & Moths. Butterflies & Moths. 50 (sub)species grouped by their common name. Acraea (3) Acraea, Peneleos Acraea, Window Amber, Dancing Admiral (1) Admiral, Red Blue (3) Blue, African Grass (spp knysna) ...

The Afrotropical Region includes continental Africa south of the Sahara (roughly south of 16° N), the southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula and the offshore islands, including Madagascar.

Visit Butterfly Species Galleries to see our 150 butterfly species pages. You can find them by using our 9 butterfly regions section, including Africa, Central & South America, North America, Asia, S.E. Asia and Australia, The Middle East, Continental Europe, Scandinavia, The United Kingdom, and The Former Soviet Union, or by using our ...

This web site aims to summarize all that is known about butterflies and moths of West Africa, the 15 countries of sub-Saharan Africa that stretch from Senegal and Mauritania on the Atlantic to Niger and Nigeria in the east.