Butterflies of Kenya (Book and IDs)
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:53 pm
I'm lucky that my local library has many unaffordable books such as Birds of the Western Palearctic, however one
unaffordable title they do not have is Butterflies of Kenya by Larsen. It's £375 on amazon...
Last month I was in Kenya and have a few pictures of butterflies. Most would not land at all in the heat, and those that
did were not easy to photograph (tropical forest floors are pretty lacking in light!).
I'd be thankful if anyone can help me with IDs (or better still lend me the book). If you can't help with IDs, just enjoy
the snaps. Oh and by the way, Kenya is a most excellent country - brilliant people and wildlife![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Thanks in advance for any help
Alexander Henderson
1. Is this Zizula hylax?
2. Zizula hylax?
3. I'm almost certain this is Papilio nireus, a butterfly I studied at university - excellent to see it alive in the forest!
Even when nectaring, it didn't stop beating its wings, so this is taken at 1/2500s to freeze the motion.
4. This is a Graphium, but is it polycenes, polystratus or porthaon?
5. Phalanta phalantha?
6. Hypolimnas misippus (male)
7. Euphaedra neophron. The purple in fresh specimens made then much less camophlaged
8. Graphium philonoe?
9. Euryphura achlis.
10. Hypolimnas anthedon or maybe Amauris niavius.. not sure.
11. Pentila tropicalis?
12. Leptotes pirithous?
13. Danaus chrysippus (male)?
14. Danaus chrysippus (male)?
15. Grass Blue sp?
16. same specimen as no15.
17. probably same species as no16.
18. Acraea sp...natalica or matuapa or ??
19. possibly Euphaedra hybrida or Hypolimnas misippus (f)??
20. Belenois aurota?
21. Junonia natalica?
22. Axiocerses punicea?
23. ??
24. Junonia oenone
25. Junonia oenone
26. Teriomima micra? These tiny ones were hanging off just one bush.
unaffordable title they do not have is Butterflies of Kenya by Larsen. It's £375 on amazon...
Last month I was in Kenya and have a few pictures of butterflies. Most would not land at all in the heat, and those that
did were not easy to photograph (tropical forest floors are pretty lacking in light!).
I'd be thankful if anyone can help me with IDs (or better still lend me the book). If you can't help with IDs, just enjoy
the snaps. Oh and by the way, Kenya is a most excellent country - brilliant people and wildlife
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Thanks in advance for any help
Alexander Henderson
1. Is this Zizula hylax?
2. Zizula hylax?
3. I'm almost certain this is Papilio nireus, a butterfly I studied at university - excellent to see it alive in the forest!
Even when nectaring, it didn't stop beating its wings, so this is taken at 1/2500s to freeze the motion.
4. This is a Graphium, but is it polycenes, polystratus or porthaon?
5. Phalanta phalantha?
6. Hypolimnas misippus (male)
7. Euphaedra neophron. The purple in fresh specimens made then much less camophlaged
8. Graphium philonoe?
9. Euryphura achlis.
10. Hypolimnas anthedon or maybe Amauris niavius.. not sure.
11. Pentila tropicalis?
12. Leptotes pirithous?
13. Danaus chrysippus (male)?
14. Danaus chrysippus (male)?
15. Grass Blue sp?
16. same specimen as no15.
17. probably same species as no16.
18. Acraea sp...natalica or matuapa or ??
19. possibly Euphaedra hybrida or Hypolimnas misippus (f)??
20. Belenois aurota?
21. Junonia natalica?
22. Axiocerses punicea?
23. ??
24. Junonia oenone
25. Junonia oenone
26. Teriomima micra? These tiny ones were hanging off just one bush.