Papilio dardanus

 

I found this Mocker Swallowtail at the pond of our retirement village. I have found it quite unusual to photograph the male with its wings open. See my earlier previus post on the female, which gives the reason for the name mocker.

Cymothoe alcimida

The female Battling Glider, so different from the male. 

Byblia ilithyia

The Spotted Joker, told different from the Common Joker by the spots on the hind wing. I have found it just as common as the Common Joker.

Cymothoe alcimeda

The Blonde Glider. At first I had mistaken it for the Battling Glider.
A first for me. It is not common, and is usually found closer to our east coast.
In fact this is the Battling Glider.

Acraea horta

The first Garden Acraea of the season.
 

Precis archesia

A rather handsome Garden Inspector
 

Charaxes zoolina

Club-tailed Emperor, two remarkably different seasonal forms. Above the DSF f. neanthes, that was in our garden. Below the WSF, f. zoolina, found by Mandy near the Mozambique border; sipping beer. Both have a single anal tail, making them males.