Butterflies of Kilimanjaro – Discover the Diverse Species of the Mountain

There are very few people that will come to Kilimanjaro to see butterflies, but the few that come are rewarded abundantly. There are about 44 species of Butterflies on Kilimanjaro area of Tanzania.

Other things you will see while on your search for butterflies like a lot of primates in the canopy of the forest and the bird are a spectacular reward you ought not to miss.

The species of trees and mammals are also something you will be delighted to see. The following are the ones that have been record by 2020.

1. Acraea bergeriana (Nymphalidae)  Red Acraea
2. Acraea kappa (Nymphalidae)   Kigoma Glassy Acraea
3. Acraea kia (Nymphalidae)  Pale Ochre Acraea
4. Acraea lyci (Nymphalidae)  Pale-winged Acraea
5. Acraea manca (Nymphalidae)  Manca Fiery Acraea
6. Acraea punctimarginea (Nymphalidae)  Spotted-margin Acraea
7. Acraea rohlfsi (Nymphalidae)  Blood-red Speckled Acraea
8. Acraea vuilloti (Nymphalidae)   White-patch Forest Amber
9. Bebearia kiellandi (Nymphalidae)
10. Bicyclus danckelmani (Nymphalidae)   Wary Bush Brown
11. Bicyclus kiellandi (Nymphalidae)  Striated Bush Brown
12. Bicyclus pareensis (Nymphalidae)  South Pare Bush Brown
13. Bicyclus similis (Nymphalidae)  Mahale Bush Brown
14. Bicyclus tanzanicus (Nymphalidae)  Tanzania Bush Brown
15. Bicyclus uzungwensis (Nymphalidae)  Orange-patch Bush Brown
16. Charaxes chunguensis (Nymphalidae)   Rubeho Black Prince
17. Charaxes grahamei (Nymphalidae)  Tanganyika Black Prince
18. Charaxes lucyae (Nymphalidae)   Toothed Silver Emperor
19. Charaxes mccleeryi (Nymphalidae)  Tanzania Black Prince
20. Charaxes pembanus (Nymphalidae)  Pemba Black Prince
21. Charaxes phenix (Nymphalidae)   Pointed King
22. Charaxes prettejohni (Nymphalidae)  Rubondo Black Prince
23. Charaxes usambarae (Nymphalidae)  Slender-tailed Black Prince
24. Cymothoe amaniensis (Nymphalidae)
25. Cymothoe aurivillii (Nymphalidae)
26. Cymothoe collinsi (Nymphalidae)
27. Cymothoe magambae (Nymphalidae)
28. Euphaedra confina (Nymphalidae)   Narrow-bordered Orange Forester
29. Hypolimnas antevorta (Nymphalidae) Tanzanian Diadem
30. Neita orbipalus (Nymphalidae)   Sooty Large Ringlet
31. Neocoenyra fuligo (Nymphalidae)
32. Neocoenyra heckmanni (Nymphalidae)   Mountain Round-eyes
33. Neocoenyra jordani (Nymphalidae)  Yellow-patch Round-eyes
34. Neocoenyra parallelopupillata (Nymphalidae)  Usambara Round-eyes
35. Neocoenyra petersi (Nymphalidae)  Fawn Round-eyes
36. Neocoenyra pinheyi (Nymphalidae)  Pale Round-eyes
37. Neptis livingstonei (Nymphalidae)
38. Physcaeneura jacksoni (Nymphalidae)
39. Physcaeneura robertsi (Nymphalidae)
40. Pseudathyma uluguru (Nymphalidae)
41. Sevenia pseudotrimeni (Nymphalidae)   Morogoro Tree Nymph
42. Graphium kigoma (Papilionidae)   Kigoma Lady
43. Papilio sjoestedti (Papilionidae) Kilimanjaro Swallowtail
44. Papilio ufipa (Papilionidae) Ufipa Swallowtail

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