LepSoc: Lepidopterists Society of Africa

The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa published the Red Data Book on butterflies during 2009, but have decided to make the information relating to the threatened species available as a downloadable PDF document.  Follow the link below to download or view the extract of the critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable butterfly species.

RDB2009 - Threatened Butterflies of South Africa

Butterflies are mainly considered to be herbivorous, and this is true for more than 99% of theestimated 18,000 species (Pierce, 1995). Around 75% of the approximately 6000 species of thefamily Lycaenidae are associated with ants in some way, and it has been proposed that antassociation has lead to the diversification of the family (Pierce, 1984; Pierce et al., 2002).

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The following results for the butterfly census weeks are available :

Butterfly Census Week 4:

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The results for the photographic competition 2011 has been released.  Have a look at the following PDF file!

LepSoc photographic competition 2011 Results (1.72 MB)