Table 8.5      Butterfly species recorded in the study area during field surveys.

 

Common name

Latin name

Abundance

Common Faun

Faunis eumeus

C

Blue Glassy Tiger

Ideopsis similes

VC

Dark Veined Tiger

Danaus genutia

VC

Blue Spotted Crow

Euploea midamus

VC

Common Lascar

Pantoporia hordonia

C

Great Eggfly

Hypolimnas bolina

C

Short-banded Sailor

Phaedyma columella

C

Angled Castor

Ariadne ariadne

C

Punchinello

Zemeros flegyas

C

Paris Peacock

Papilio paris

VC

Red Helen

Papilio helenus

VC

Common Mormon

Papilio polytes

VC

Tailed Green Jay

Graphium agamemnon

VC

Great Orange Tip

Hebomoia glaucippe

C

Common White

Artogeia canidia

VC

Common Black Jezebel

Delias pasithoe

C

Common Grass Yellow

Eurema hecabe

VC

Common White-banded Brown

Lethe confusa

C

Dark Brand Bush Brown

Mycalesis mineus

VC

Abundance: C = common, VC = very common, UN = uncommon, R = rare (Walthew 1997)