A Checklist of the Butterflies of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya

Arabuko-Sokoke forest, located south of Gede in Kilifi County, is the largest and most intact coastal forest in East Africa. It is rich in butterfly species with an estimated c.30% of the butterfly species of Kenya recorded within it. This checklist consists of 282 butterfly species (14 records of family Papilionidae, 33 Pieridae, 88 Lycaenidae, 101 Nymphalidae and 46 Hesperiidae) that have been recorded from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. These data were collected through sight observations, photographs and specimen records, trapped through use of sweep nets or butterfly traps.