LEPIDOPTERA FAUNA OF NAMIBIA II: OKAVANGO RIVER VALLEY, KAVANGO REGION

In total, 37 moth and 112 butterfly species from seven and five families, respectively, have been identified in the Okavango River Valley, Kavango Region, northern Namibia. The family Nymphalidae was by far the most speciose (32 recorded species), followed by Lycaenidae (19 spp.), Pieridae (16 spp.), Sphingidae (13 spp.) and Saturniidae (9 spp.). For each species listed, the date and the site of collection is given, together with data on its global distribution. There are 11 taxa recorded in Namibia for the first time: Eurema regularis (Pieridae); 6 taxa from the family Lycaenidae (Lachnocnema brimo, Iolaus lalos lalos, Hypolycaena caeculus caeculus, H. c. c. forma dolores, Anthene sheppardi and Leptotes brevidentatus) and four species from the family Nymphalidae (Charaxes varanes, Neptis serena, Sevenia rosa and Eurytela drope). {"references": ["Bethune, S. (1991). Kavango River wetlands. Madoqua, 17, 77-112. Kopij, G. (2005). Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 49B, 137-180. Kopij, G. (2014). Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia. I. Seasonal distribution of moths of the Koakoland (Mopane) Savanna in Ogongo. Fragmenta Faunistica, 57, 117-129. Kopij, G. (2017). Invertebrate Fauna of Namibia: Bibliography and Biodiversity. University of Namibia, Ogongo, 120 pp. Mendelsohn, J., Jarvis, A., Roberts, C., & Robertson, T. (2009). Atlas of Namibia. A Portrait of the Land and its People. Cape Town: Sunbird Publishers, 200 pp. Mendelsohn, J., & El Obeid, S. (2004). Okavango River. The Flow of a Lifeline. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 176 pp. Nieukerken, E. J. Van, Kaila, L., Kitching, I. J., Kristensen, N. P., Lees, D. C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J. C., Simonsen, T. J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S. -H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B. \u00c5., Brown, J. W., Bucheli, S. R., Davis, D. R., De Prins, J., De Prins, W., Epstein, M. E., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., H\u00e4ttenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J. D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A. Y., Koster, S. (J. C.), Kozlov, M. V., Lafontaine, J. D., Lamas, G., Landry, J. -F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K. -T., Penz, C., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Christian Schmidt, B., Sohn, J. -C., Solis, M. A., Tarmann, G. M., Warren, A. D., Weller, S., Yakovlev, R. V., Zolotuhin, V. V., & Zwick, A. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In Zhang, Z. -Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148, 212-221. Oberprieler, R. (1992). Die Nachtpfauenaugen (Saturniidae) Suwestafrikas [sic]. 9. Die Artenausdem Kavango-Caprivi-Gebiet. Mitteilungen Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, 33(9-10), 115-125. Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2002). Field guide to insects of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 456 pp. Pinhey, E. C. G. (1979). Moths of Southern Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 273 pp. Pringle, E. L. L., Pringle, G. A., Henning, J. B., & Ball, J. B. (1994). (Eds.). Pennigton's butterflies of southern Africa. 2nd edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 800 pp. V\u00e1ri, L., Kroon, D. M., & Kr\u00fcger, M. (2002). Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded insouthern Africa. Simple Solution, Chatswood (Australia), 385 pp. Woodhall, S. (2005). Field guide to butterflies of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 440 pp. Zolotuhin, V. V., & Gurkovich, A. V. (2009a). Synonymic Notes on African Lasiocampidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Entomofauna, 30, 273-288. Zolotuhin, V. V. & Gurkovich, A. V. (2009b). A review of the genus Pachypasa Walker, 1855 sensu lato in Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 63, 1-75."]}