Clouded Yellow on Sierra Leone stamps

Colias croceus is a small butterfly of the Pieridae family, that is, the Yellows and Whites. In India and nearby regions it is known as the Dark Clouded Yellow or Common Clouded Yellow to distinguish it from the other species of clouded yellows occurring there; elsewhere it is often simply known as "the clouded yellow” .The Common Clouded Yellow's breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant

Scarfce Swallowtail on Sierra Leone stamp

The Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) is a butterfly found in gardens, fields and open woodlands. It is found in places with sloe thickets and particularly orchards. It is also called Sail Swallowtail or Pear-tree Swallowtail. It is widespread throughout Europe with the exception of the northern parts.
In some years the Scarce Swallowtail is quite abundant. The Scarce Swallowtail is getting rarer as the blackthorn bushes are being cleared; and it is now protected in some central European countries. It is protected by law in Czech republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg and Poland. It is considered Rare-Endangered and protected in some provinces of Austria and of status Indeterminate throughout Europe.

Swallowtail butterflies in Africa.

Swallowtail butterflies, being large, colourful, and attractive, as the most interested butterflies in the world,have been the target of butterfly collectors in earlier times.
Sierra Leone souvenir sheet depicted these butterflies, i.e: Citrus Swallowtail, Mocker Swallowtail, African Giant Swallowtail and Blue Swallowtail, as the Aftican Swallow butterflies.

Citrus Swallowtail or Papilio demodocus, is a large swallowtail butterfly common to sub-Saharan Africa. It is a pest species, the caterpillar feeding on citrus trees.

Mocker Swallowtail or Papilio dardanus (the African Swallowtail, or Flying Handkerchief), is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the Swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

African Giant Swallowtail or Papilio antimachus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It has a wingspan of between 180 and 230 millimeters (7 to 9 inches) and is the largest butterfly in Africa. Papilio antimachus live in the tropical rain forests of Central Africa. The butterfly has no natural enemies because it is very toxic, perhaps the most toxic of all butterflies.

Papilio zalmoxis or Giant Blue Swallowtail is the 2nd largest butterfly in all of Africa. This species has specific blue colour.

Butterfly of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone issued stamp series of butterfly in two mini-sheets and depicted the African butterflies.The above pictures one of the stamp series. This is vivid coloured stamp shown how is a fascinate butterflies fly between the flowers.

The Blue Diadem (Hypolimnas salmacis) is a butterfly of the Afrotropic ecozone (Africa). The distribution extend from Senegal to Ethiopia and from Congo to Somalia.The wingspan is about 8.0 – 9.0 cm. The Blue Diadem is a member of the family NYMPHALIDAE. The butterfly is black, but it has white and blue areas on the wing.The female is bigger than the male. The female is a little bit yellowish.