Malawi

Checklist of Endemic Swallowtail and Nymphalid Butterfly Species

This list of swallowtail and nymphalid butterfly species found exclusively in Malawi is based on the taxonomy used in Lepidoptera Mundi (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Jonko, C. (2020), Lepidoptera Mundi, https://lepidoptera.eu, accessed 12 January 2020. The current version of the website is at Lepidoptera Mundi

For a checklist of endemic butterfly species see (Afrotropical Butterflies WM).

If additional species are recognized in the lists at Markku Savela or in recent taxonomic papers they are listed seperately following the main list.

Charaxes dowsetti  (Nymphalidae)   Nyika Emperor

Charaxes martini  (Nymphalidae)   Malawi Spangled Prince

Cymothoe zombana  (Nymphalidae)  Zomba Pied Glider

Euphaedra murphyi  (Nymphalidae)   Orange-banded Orange Forester

The following species was not included in Lepidoptera Mundi:

Euphaedra ceramica  (Nymphalidae)  Malawi Orange Forester