🌿🦋 City Dwellers: Discover Butterflies in Urban Gardens! 🏙️✨

Think butterflies only thrive in wild spaces? Think again! In this video, we explore the vibrant world of urban butterflies in Gauteng, proving that city gardens can be teeming with life. From the striking Citrus Butterfly to the tiny Sooty Grass Blue, learn how to identify, attract, and support butterflies right in your backyard! 🌼 Whether you're a seasoned naturalist or just starting your butterfly journey, we’ll share the best nectar-rich plants and essential tips to turn your space into a butterfly haven. Don’t miss out on the 2025 butterfly boom—hit play and start your urban butterfly adventure today! 🦋✨
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Afrikaans and scientific names
PLANTE
Scabiosa Africana = Koringblom
Heliotropium arborescens = Kersbeertjie
Aptenia cordifolia = Rooi brakvygie
Senna petersiana = Apiespeul
Kleinia fulgens = Koraalsenecio
Vachellia sieberiana = Papierbasdoring
Senegalia galpinii = Apiesdoring
Plumbago = Blousyselbos
Crotalaria capensis = Klapperpeul
Mistletoe = Voëlent
Plectranthus = Spoorsalie
Kiggelaria africana = Wildeperske
Geranium = Malvas
Cotyledon = Plakkies

SKOENLAPPERS
Zebra white = Kwagga = Pinacopteryx eriphia
Brown-veined white = Witgatwitjie = Belenois aurota
African Migrant = Afrika swerwer = Catopsilia florella
Sooty grass Blue = Duwweltjiebloutjie = Zizeeria knysna
Geranium Bronze = Malvabloutjie = Cacyreus marshalli
Garden Acraea = Tuinrooitjie = Acraea horta
Citrus Butterfly = Lemoenskoenlapper = Papilio demodocus
Narrow-banded Malachite = Groenlint skoenlapper = Papilio nireus
Garden Inspector = Rotsblaarvlerk = Precis archesia
Painted Lady = Sondagsrokkie = Vanessa cardui
Dotted Border = Voëlentwitjie = Mylothris agathina/rueppelli
Zebra Blue =Sebrabloutjie = Leptotes pirithous
Pea Blue =Ertjiebloutjie = Lampides boeticus
Black Heart = Swarthart = Uranothauma nubifer
Topaz Babul Blue = Hemelsbloutjie = Azanus jesous
Black Eye = Swartogie = Leptomyrina henningi
Yellow pansy = Geelgesiggie = Junonia hierta
Dark Blue Pansy = Blou-gesiggie = Junonia oenone
Blue Pansy = Padwagtertjie = Junonia orithya
Grass Yellow = Grasveldgeletjie = Eurema brigitta
African Monarch = Melkbos Skoenlapper = Danaus chrysippus
Fig-tree Blue = Vyeboombloutjie = Myrina silenus
Striped Policeman = Witbroek konstabel = Coeliades forestan
Two-pip Policeman =Dubbelkol konstabel = Coeliades pisistratus
Diadem = Blouglans = Hypolimnas misippus
White-barred Emperor =Witstreep dubbelstert = Charaxes brutus
Foxy Emperor =Koppie dubbelstert = Charaxes saturnus
Black-based Acraea = Mosaiek rooitjie = Stephenia natalensis
Broad-bordered Acraea = Kersboom rooitjie = Tildia anemosa
Pale Hairtail = Bleek kortstertjie = Anthene livida