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Nymphalidae

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Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833

Acraea rahira is a butterfly species found from South Africa to Angola and Rhodesia, preferring damp, marshy habitats.

Acraea igola Trimen, 1889

Acraea igola Trimen, 1889 is a butterfly species found from Zululand to German East Africa, with distinct wing marking traits.

Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861

Acraea esebria (the dusky acraea) is a variable butterfly species found across eastern and southern Africa.

Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855

Acraea cabira is a butterfly species with yellow-black patterned wings, found across eastern and southern Africa.

Phalanta alcippe (Cramer, 1782)

This is a detailed morphological description of the wet and dry-season forms of Phalanta alcippe.

Phalanta phalantha (Drury, 1773)

Phalanta phalantha, the common leopard, is a medium-sized spotted butterfly found across Africa, southern Asia and parts of Oceania with multiple subspecies.

Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday, 1847

Cirrochroa aoris, the large yeoman, is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical South and Southeast Asian forests, very similar to Cirrochroa tyche.

Cirrochroa thais Fabricius, 1787

Cirrochroa thais Fabricius, 1787 has distinct wet and dry seasonal forms, with a 60–75 mm wingspan and described traits by sex.

Cirrochroa tyche Felder, 1861

Cirrochroa tyche, the common yeoman, is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical South and Southeast Asian forests.

Cirrochroa orissa Felder, 1860

The banded yeoman (Cirrochroa orissa) is an Indomalayan heliconiine butterfly species described in 1860 by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder.

Cirrochroa malaya Felder, 1860

Cirrochroa malaya is an Indomalayan heliconiine butterfly first described by the Felders in 1860, with distinct traits separating it from similar species.

Cirrochroa emalea Guérin-Méneville

Cirrochroa emalea, the Malay yeoman, is an Indomalayan heliconiine butterfly described in 1843, closely resembling Cirrochroa tyche.

Cupha erymanthis (Drury, 1773)

Cupha erymanthis, the rustic, is a brush-footed butterfly found in forested tropical South and Southeast Asia.

Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777)

Vindula arsinoe, the cruiser, is a sexually dimorphic Nymphalidae butterfly found across parts of Australasia.

Vindula erota (Fabricius, 1793)

Vindula erota, the common cruiser, is a nymphalid butterfly found in forested tropical South and Southeast Asia.

Vagrans egista (Cramer, 1780)

Vagrans egista, the vagrant, is a monotypic nymphalid butterfly from tropical South and Southeast Asian forests.

Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879

Lachnoptera ayresii, the eastern blotched leopard, is a Nymphalidae butterfly native to southern Africa.

Terinos terpander Hewitson, 1862

Terinos terpander, the royal Assyrian, is a small Nymphalidae butterfly described in 1862, found in the Indomalayan realm.

Terinos atlita Fabricius, 1787

Terinos atlita is a 1787-described nymphalid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm, most notably Sumatra.

Terinos clarissa Boisduval, 1836

Terinos clarissa is an Indomalayan nymphalid butterfly with distinct male and female wing color patterns.

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Danaus plexippus, the monarch butterfly, is a well-known North American butterfly famous for its long-distance seasonal migrations.

Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Danaus chrysippus, the plain tiger, is a medium-sized polymorphic butterfly widespread across Africa, Asia, and parts of Oceania and Europe.

Danaus erippus (Cramer, 1775)

Danaus erippus, the southern monarch, is a nymphalid butterfly found in South America, once treated as a subspecies of Danaus plexippus.

Danaus genutia (Cramer, 1779)

Danaus genutia, the common tiger, is a butterfly similar to the monarch that ranges from South Asia to Australia.

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