Colours Of Africa

Charaxes bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of golden and pale blue-grey wing scales intersected by brown veins and black-edged cream markings.

Charaxes bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe I

Charaxes Bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of golden-yellow wing scales crossed by brown veins and curved cream bands edged in black.

Charaxes Bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe II

Charaxes bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe III

Extreme macro detail of orange-gold, black and blue-grey wing scales arranged around a sweeping yellow curve

Charaxes bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe III

Charaxes bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe IV

Extreme macro detail of ochre, pale blue-grey and charcoal wing scales divided by a diagonal brown vein.

Charaxes bipunctatus - Charaxini Tribe IV

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe

Extreme macro detail of a small yellow-ringed eyespot beside an ochre diagonal band on pale silver-blue scales.

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of a brown and yellow eyespot on silver-grey scales beside a broad ochre band and dark hairs.

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe II

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe III

Extreme macro detail of pale silver-blue wing scales with incomplete dark arcs and a fine diagonal ochre vein.

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe III

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe IV

Extreme macro detail of a yellow-ringed brown eyespot with blue-white flecks on pale silver-blue wing scales.

Protogoniomorpha duprei - Junoniini Tribe IV

Junonia temora - Junoniini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of an oval black and rust eyespot ringed in gold amid cyan, violet and ochre wing scales.

Junonia temora - Junoniini Tribe I

Junonia temora - Junoniini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of a black, rust and gold eyespot beside saturated turquoise-blue wing scales.

Junonia temora - Junoniini Tribe II

Junonia temora - Junoniini Tribe III

Extreme macro detail of a black oval centred in vivid cyan-blue wing scales between thin curved gold lines.

Junonia temora - Junoniini Tribe III

Papilio lormieri - Papilionini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of golden-yellow and pale blue-white scale clusters divided by a dark diagonal vein on brown.

Papilio lormieri - Papilionini Tribe I

Papilio lormieri - Papilionini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of a cream field beside dark brown wing scales crossed by three narrow yellow bands.

Papilio lormieri - Papilionini Tribe II

Papilio lormieri - Papilionini Tribe III

Extreme macro detail of three bright yellow scale bands with fine hairs running across a deep brown wing surface.

Papilio lormieri - Papilionini Tribe III

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of a dense dark brown wing area feathering into white scales with a fringe of fine hairs.

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe I

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of pale blue-white scales above a dark brown band of triangular peaks with a cream edge.

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe II

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe III

Extreme macro detail of warm white wing scales crossed by branching ochre-brown veins and dark tapered markings.

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe III

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe IV

Extreme macro detail of ivory and pale blue-grey wing scales crossed by a raised diagonal vein and sparse brown flecks.

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe IV

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe V

Extreme macro detail of dark brown diagonal stripes fanning across saturated golden-yellow wing scales.

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe V

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe VI

Extreme macro detail of dark brown pointed forms rising into pale white wing scales around a narrow central vein.

Papilio gallienus - Papilionini Tribe VI

Pharmacophagus antenor - Troidini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of dark brown wing scales scattered with yellow-gold dots beside a large cream-white curve.

Pharmacophagus antenor - Troidini Tribe I

Pharmacophagus antenor - Troidini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of dense yellow and cream scale dots curving across a dark brown butterfly wing surface.

Pharmacophagus antenor - Troidini Tribe II

Elymnias bammakoo - Elymniini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of vertical brown and amber bands meeting a pale blue-grey field of closely ordered wing scales.

Elymnias bammakoo - Elymniini Tribe I

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of pale blue-grey scales meeting amber-yellow across an irregular brown band and fine pale fibres.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe I

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of a pale blue-white oval within dark brown wing scales beside a saturated yellow edge.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe II

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe III

Extreme macro detail of yellow, blue-white and dark brown wing scales meeting along a pale diagonal vein.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe III

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe IV

Extreme macro detail of pale blue-grey and cream wing scales crossed by dispersed yellow and brown flecks.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe IV

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe V

Extreme macro detail of golden and pale blue-grey wing scales divided by a dark mottled seam and slender vein.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe V

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe VI

Extreme macro detail of cool blue-grey wing scales, a raised pale ridge and fine translucent hairs.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe VI

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe VII

Extreme macro detail of pale blue and cool grey wing scales with faint diagonal lines and fine hair-like fibres.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe VII

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe VIII

Extreme macro detail of icy blue-white and amber-orange wing scales divided by a dark diagonal seam with fine hairs.

Cymothoe beckeri - Cymothoini Tribe VIII

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe I

Extreme macro detail of a diagonal gradient of brown, amber, yellow and cream across tightly aligned wing scales.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe I

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe II

Extreme macro detail of pale cream and blue-grey wing scales following a branching white vein with scattered amber flecks.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe II

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe III

Extreme macro detail of a curved boundary between golden-yellow and pale grey-blue wing scales with fine edge hairs.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe III

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe IV

Extreme macro detail of rust-brown, cream and ochre wing scales crossed by a dark diagonal vein.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe IV

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe V

Extreme macro detail of an amber-yellow scale field with a partial dark brown loop and scattered pigment blocks.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe V

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe VI

Extreme macro detail of elongated amber-brown markings on cream wing scales beside a fine diagonal vein.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe VI

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe VII

Extreme macro detail of yellow-ochre and cream wing scales divided by a diagonal vein with rounded brown markings.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe VII

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe VIII

Extreme macro detail of a rounded bronze patch encircled by cream within mottled gold and ochre wing scales.

Cymothoe beckeri (Male) - Cymothoini Tribe VIII

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