Contains all the articles published online during calendar 2017 in Metamorphosis Volume 28.

Contains an article and master lists for the Caterpillar Rearing Group Afrotropical butterflies published on the Metamorphosis website during calendar 2017.

The first part of the printed version of Volume 29 of Metamorphosis, for the year 2018, consists of 82 pages and contains the editorial pages and 13 articles and notes published on the website of Metamorphosis, http://www.metamorphosis.org.za

1995. Publishers: Ekogilde CC. 91 pages

This book, which treats the 27 known species from Namibia, is the first monographic contribution to the knowledge of the African emperor moths since the work of Pinhey twenty years ago. The comprehensive collection of data on host plants, distribution and life cycles which are presented here, make the Namibian species the best documented ever. As the Namibian fauna includes many widespread species, but also some of the rarest localized ones, this book will certainly be welcomed by both amateurs and professionals.

The second part of the printed version of Volume 29 of Metamorphosis, for the year 2018, consists of 88 pages and contains two obituaries and 8 articles and notes published on the website of Metamorphosis, http://www.metamorphosis.org.za

The first part of the printed version of Volume 30 of Metamorphosis, for the year 2019, consists of 72 pages and contains 4 editorial pages and 12 articles and notes published on the website of Metamorphosis, http://www.metamorphosis.org.za.

The Metamorphosis publications featured in the first part of Volume 30 include four taxonomic articles in which descriptions of one new genus and seven new species for Afrotropical Lepidoptera are given. A new species of Leptomyrina is described by Bayliss et al.; a new genus in Eriocottidae containing a new species is described by Mey; four new species of Crambidae are described by Maes; and a new species of Thestor is described by Pringle & Heath. There are two articles on the butterfly fauna of the Cape Verde Islands by Tennent and Russell; new observations of the rare Hypolimnas aubergeri in West Africa by Sáfián and Takano; a description of unusual behaviour by Baliochila aslanga by van Noort and Moll; and Grehan et al. describe the specialised scales found on the wings of Leto venus. Finally there is an article summarising the findings of the BioGaps project by Edge and Mecenero.

The Afrotropical taxa in the genus Neptis are revised based on barcodes, facies and genitalia. A provisional phylogeny is derived from barcodes using the neighbour joining method showing that the taxa can be assigned to eleven species groups. Within each group, it is shown that the form of the valve of the male genitalia and the sclerotisation of the female abdomen are distinctive. However, it is noted that the most noticeable aspects of the facies, the discal bands and the forewing cell markings, are not necessarily diagnostic as to the relationships between species. This paper covers the currently described taxa and further publications are envisaged to describe new species revealed by barcoding.

The first part of the printed version of Volume 31 of Metamorphosis, for the year 2020, consists of 160 pages and contains 4 editorial pages and 26 articles and notes published on the website of Metamorphosis, http://www.metamorphosis.org.za.

The Metamorphosis publications featured in the first part of Volume 31 include seven taxonomic articles in which descriptions of thirteen new species for Afrotropical Lepidoptera are given; five life histories; a checklist for Mpanga forest in Uganda and description of the endemic fauna of the Liberia-Gunea Highlands; two ecological articles on Capys penningtoni; and four articles on behavioural observations.

This is the third publication of the CRG, where we aim to publish pertinent data from each rearing successfully completed by our members. In the  covering article we provide a brief overview of the Lepidoptera-host associations for southern Africa known today, with about half of the data coming from publications from Doug Kroon, who sadly passed away in August 2020.

In this publication we cover all new rearings received up to the end of June 2019. We report on a further 2 371 rearings, comprising 953 species of Afrotropical Lepidoptera, adding 641 species, bringing the total of Lepidoptera reared by the CRG to 2 027 species.