Category: Geography: Africa

Argynhis pandora

Brown, Collection: tiny, Family: Nymphalidae, Gender: female, Geography: Africa, Geography: Asia, Geography: Europe, Green

Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) , or the Cardinal was first decribed in 1775 by Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, (Austrian Catholic priest, best known a s a poet and lepidopterist) and Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian naturalist, mainly interested in Lepidoptera.

The butterfly inhabits southern Europe and northern Africa and the Middle East to northwestern India.

The wingspan is 64-80 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 15 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/argynhis-pandora-butterfly
Charaxes fournierae

Black, Collection: small, Family: Nymphalidae, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Uncategorized, Yellow

Charaxes fournierae (Le Moult, 1930)

Eugène Le Moult gave ther name to the butterfly in honour of his best lepiudopteran Parisian client, Madame Fournier.

The butterfly inhabits lowland evergreen forests of Central Africa.
Its wingspan is about 80 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 12 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-charaxes-fournierae-small
Charaxes Fulvescens

Collection: small, Family: Nymphalidae, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Red

Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891), or the Forest Pearl charaxes is a butterfly of Central Africa.
It inhabits dense evergreen forests at low to moderate altitudes and occasionally savannas.
Its wingspan is 80-90 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 18 colours.
The bead pattern is available https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-charaxes-fulvescens-small
Charaxes fulvescens

Black, Collection: small, Collection: small – loom, Family: Nymphalidae, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Red

Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891), or the Forest Pearl charaxes is a butterfly of Central Africa.
It inhabits dense evergreen forests at low to moderate altitudes and occasionally savannas.
Its wingspan is 80-90 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 18 colours.
The bead pattern will be available later/
Chrysopsyche mirifica

Collection: tiny, Family: Lasiocampidae, Gender: female, Geography: Africa, Yellow

Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878) moth was first described by English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

The moth is found in Angola, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Nigeria.

Its wingspan is about 50 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 13 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/chrysopsyche-mirifica-moth
Colotis Ione

Collection: big, Family: Pieridae, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Pink

Colotis ione (Godart, 1819) or the Purple Tip or Violet Tip inhabits dry parts of Africa. The wingspan is 45-55 mm.
This beaded butterfly is woven of 10 colours.

The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-colotis-ione
Cymothoe coccinata

Collection: big, Family: Nymphalidae, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Red

Cymothoe coccinata (Hewitson, 1874) or the Common Red Glider inhabits rainforests of Ghana and Cameroun. The wngspan of this species is 75-80 mm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 10 colours.

The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-cymothoe-coccinata
Danaus chrysippus

Black, Collection: tiny, Family: Nymphalidae, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Geography: Asia, Geography: Australia, Multicoloured, Orange

Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) is also known as the Plain tiger, African queen, or African Monarch, is widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. They feed on toxic milkweed and so are inedible for most predators. Danaus chrisippus is mostly found in dry, wide-open areas. Its wingspan is 70-8- mm.

This butterfly is possibly one of the first lepidopteras depicted in art. You can see it in 3500-year-old Egyptian fresco in Luxor.

The bead butterfly is woven of 11 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/danaus-chrysippus-butterfly
Daphnis Nerii

Collection: tiny, Family: Sphingidae, Gender: female, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Geography: Asia, Green, Lilac, Multicoloured, Turquoise

Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758), or the Oleander Hawk-moth or Army Green moth was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

The moth inhabits wide areas of Africa, Asia and certain Hawaiian Islands. The species migrates to eastern and sothern Europe in summer.

The winspan is 90-100 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 16 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/daphnis-nerii-moth
Eochroa trimenii

Collection: big, Family: Saturniidae, Gender: male, Geography: Africa, Pink

Eochroa trimenii (Felder, 1874) is a moth of South Africa. The wingspan is about 7 cm.
This bead moth is woven of 19 colours.

The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/eochroa-trimeni-moth