Ghana Butterflies

This was a butterflying trip organised by Naturetrek although it was run on the ground by a Ghanaian company called Ashanti African Tours with a tour leader (Andrew) provided by them as well. It was all in forests so it was all forest butterflies that we saw. It was very hot & very humid so pretty hard work although the number of species seen was very high. Identification was very difficult due to the amount of different morphs & forms (dry season, wet season etc) as well as mimicry rings & just generally similar species. Due to these factors it will take some time to sort through all my photos & attempt ID's so this page will be built up gradually.

Mocker Swallowtail

Green-banded Swallowtail

Broad Green-banded Swallowtail

Western emperor swallowtail

Citrus swallowtail

Common striped swordtail

Large striped Swordtail

Angola White Lady

Large Vagrant

Large Vagrant, yellow morph mudpuddling

Blue Vagrant

Common Albatross

Forest Caper White

Western Flip flop

Common Dotted Border

Round-winged OrangeTip

Large Orange Tip

Clench's on-off

Western Pierid Blue

Western Marble

Royal sapphire

Kyabobo green sapphire

Common False Head

Large Fairy Hairstreak

Common Fairy Hairstreak

Spotted Ciliate Blue

Common indigo ciliate blue

Lowland branded blue

Forest pied pierrot

Common Harlequin

Smoky bean cupid

Pale Babul Blue

African Beak or Snout

Plain Tiger

African Blue Tiger

Condamins bush brown

Dark vulgar bush brown

Funereal bush brown

Western hallelesis

Common African ringlet

Marsh ringlet

Forest pearl-charaxes

White-barred Emperor

Common Blue Charaxes

Common Green Charaxes

Western Red Charaxes

Bamboo Charaxes

Flame-bordered Charaxes

Demon Charaxes

White-banded Palla

Danaid Eggfly

Variable Eggfly

Common Mother of Pearl

Dark Blue Pansy

Brown Pansy

Soldier Pansy

African Mapwing

Common Joker

Angular glider

Scalloped yellow glider

Common Red Glider

Blood Red Glider

Western Red Glider

Cymothoe druryi

False Wanderer

Barred Sailor

Guineafowl

Common commander

Forest glade nymph

Forest glade nymph, orange morph

Veronica Nymph

Hewitsons Forester

True Forester

Common Pink Forester

Marie-Christine's Striped Forester

Crocker's Forester

Crimson-spotted Forester

Cote d'Ivoire Forester

Widespread Forester

Janetta Forester

Common Blue-banded Forester

Shining Green Forester

Vermillion Forester

Common Glassy Acrea

Elegant Acrea

Common Leopard

Clouded Flat

Blue Policeman

Grand Skipper

African marbled skipper

Common orange sprite

Common pathfinder

Scarce dart