Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: Nymphalidae subfamilies Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae and Charaxinae. Issue 13 (10th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liseki, Steven D.; Vane-Wright, Richard I.
• Is Part Of: Journal of natural history. Volume 50:Issue 13/14(2016)
• Page Start: 865
• Page End: 904
• Publication Date: 2016-04-10
• Subjects: (in addition to those in title) Africa -- Tanzania -- taxonomy -- keys -- checklist -- inventory -- monitoring -- climate change -- distribution -- variation; Natural history -- Periodicals; 508
• DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1091106
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2933

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper, which presents an annotated checklist of the 'lower Nymphalidae' (Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae, Charaxinae), is the fourth in a series on the butterfly fauna of Mount Kilimanjaro. Four genera of lower Nymphalidae ( Danaus, Amauris, Bicyclus, Charaxes ), with a total of 11 included species, are known or believed to occur within the main forest zone, from c. 1800 to 2800 m. Of these, only three species of Charaxes ( Charaxes berkeleyi, Charaxes ansorgei, Charaxes xiphares ) may be restricted locally to this primary forest. The lower slopes fauna, below 1800 m, is considerably richer, with a total of 11 genera and 41 species listed (8 species of which extend into the forest zone). Possible additional species, dubious earlier records, problems with African subspecies of Danaus chrysippus, a need for more work on certain Satyrinae, and classification of the genus Charaxes are discussed. An identification key to the subfamilies of Nymphalidae, and the 19 genera of Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae, Charaxinae that occur in Tanzania, together with a key to the adults of all the species of these four subfamilies considered to occur or have occurred on Kilimanjaro, with 206 colour images, are included as online Supplementary Information.