List of butterflies of Senegal

This is a list of butterflies of Senegal. About 297 species are known from Senegal, one of which is endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio nireus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
• Papilio dardanus <small>Brown, 1776</small>
• Papilio demodocus <small>Esper, [1798]</small>
• Papilio menestheus <small>Drury, 1773</small>

Leptocercini

• Graphium antheus <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
• Graphium angolanus baronis <small>(Ungemach, 1932)</small>
• Graphium leonidas <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Graphium auriger <small>(Butler, 1876)</small>

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta <small>(Stoll, [1780])</small>
• Eurema desjardinsii marshalli <small>(Butler, 1898)</small>
• Eurema regularis <small>(Butler, 1876)</small>
• Eurema hecabe solifera <small>(Butler, 1875)</small>
• Catopsilia florella <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>

Pierinae

• Colotis amata calais <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small>
• Colotis antevippe <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>
• Colotis aurora evarne <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
• Colotis celimene sudanicus <small>(Aurivillius, 1905)</small>
• Colotis chrysonome <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
• Colotis danae eupompe <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
• Colotis euippe <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Colotis evagore antigone <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>
• Colotis halimede <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
• Colotis ione <small>(Godart, 1819)</small>
• Colotis liagore <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
• Colotis phisadia <small>(Godart, 1819)</small>
• Colotis vesta amelia <small>(Lucas, 1852)</small>
• Colotis eris <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
• Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>
• Nepheronia argia <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Nepheronia buquetii <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>
• Nepheronia thalassina <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>
• Leptosia alcesta <small>(Stoll, [1782])</small>
• Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta <small>Bernardi, 1965</small>

Pierini

• Appias epaphia <small>(Cramer, [1779])</small>
• Appias sylvia <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Pontia glauconome <small>Klug, 1829</small>
• Mylothris aburi <small>Larsen & Collins, 2003</small>
• Mylothris chloris <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Dixeia doxo <small>(Godart, 1819)</small>
• Dixeia orbona <small>(Geyer, [1837])</small>
• Belenois aurota <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Belenois calypso <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
• Belenois creona <small>(Cramer, [1776])</small>
• Belenois gidica <small>(Godart, 1819)</small>

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

• Euliphyra hewitsoni <small>Aurivillius, 1899</small>

Miletini

• Spalgis lemolea lemolea <small>Druce, 1890</small>
• Spalgis lemolea pilos <small>Druce, 1890</small>
• Lachnocnema emperamus <small>(Snellen, 1872)</small>
• Lachnocnema vuattouxi <small>Libert, 1996</small>

Poritiinae

Liptenini

• Pentila condamini <small>Stempffer, 1963</small>
• Pentila pauli abri <small>Collins & Larsen, 2001</small> <small>(manuscript name)</small>
• Pentila preussi fayei <small>Stempffer, 1963</small>
• Eresina maesseni <small>Stempffer, 1956</small>

Epitolini

• Cephetola subcoerulea <small>(Roche, 1954)</small>

Aphnaeinae

• Pseudaletis leonis <small>(Staudinger, 1888)</small>
• Cigaritis mozambica <small>(Bertoloni, 1850)</small>
• Cigaritis nilus <small>(Hewitson, 1865)</small>
• Zeritis neriene <small>Boisduval, 1836</small>
• Axiocerses harpax harpax <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Axiocerses harpax kadugli <small>Talbot, 1935</small>
• Axiocerses amanga borealis <small>Aurivillius, 1905</small>
• Aphnaeus brahami <small>Lathy, 1903</small>
• Aphnaeus orcas <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>

Theclinae

• Myrina silenus <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Myrina subornata <small>Lathy, 1903</small>
• Dapidodigma hymen <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Hypolycaena condamini <small>Stempffer, 1956</small>
• Hypolycaena philippus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Iolaus eurisus helius <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
• Iolaus alienus bicaudatus <small>Aurivillius, 1905</small>
• Iolaus iasis <small>Hewitson, 1865</small>
• Iolaus scintillans <small>Aurivillius, 1905</small>
• Iolaus sudanicus <small>Aurivillius, 1905</small>
• Iolaus menas <small>Druce, 1890</small>
• Iolaus iulus <small>Hewitson, 1869</small>
• Iolaus ismenias <small>(Klug, 1834)</small>
• Iolaus calisto <small>(Westwood, 1851)</small>
• Stugeta marmoreus <small>(Butler, 1866)</small>
• Pilodeudorix catori <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1903)</small>
• Pilodeudorix caerulea <small>(Druce, 1890)</small>
• Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis <small>Libert, 2004</small>
• Pilodeudorix zela <small>(Hewitson, 1869)</small>
• Deudorix antalus <small>(Hopffer, 1855)</small>
• Deudorix dinochares <small>Grose-Smith, 1887</small>
• Deudorix dinomenes diomedes <small>Jackson, 1966</small>
• Deudorix galathea <small>(Swainson, 1821)</small>
• Deudorix livia <small>(Klug, 1834)</small>
• Deudorix lorisona abriana <small>Libert, 2004</small>
• Deudorix odana <small>Druce, 1887</small>

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene amarah <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)</small>
• Anthene crawshayi <small>(Butler, 1899)</small>
• Anthene larydas <small>(Cramer, 1780)</small>
• Anthene liodes <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small>
• Anthene lunulata <small>(Trimen, 1894)</small>
• Anthene princeps <small>(Butler, 1876)</small>
• Anthene sylvanus <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
• Anthene phoenicis <small>(Karsch, 1893)</small>

Polyommatini

• Cupidopsis cissus <small>(Godart, [1824])</small>
• Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica <small>Riley, 1932</small>
• Pseudonacaduba sichela <small>(Wallengren, 1857)</small>
• Lampides boeticus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
• Cacyreus virilis <small>Stempffer, 1936</small>
• Leptotes babaulti <small>(Stempffer, 1935)</small>
• Leptotes jeanneli <small>(Stempffer, 1935)</small>
• Leptotes pirithous <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
• Leptotes pulchra <small>(Murray, 1874)</small>
• Tuxentius cretosus nodieri <small>(Oberthür, 1883)</small>
• Tarucus legrasi <small>Stempffer, 1948</small>
• Tarucus rosacea <small>(Austaut, 1885)</small>
• Tarucus theophrastus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Tarucus ungemachi <small>Stempffer, 1942</small>
• Zizeeria knysna <small>(Trimen, 1862)</small>
• Zizina antanossa <small>(Mabille, 1877)</small>
• Zizula hylax <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Azanus jesous <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)</small>
• Azanus mirza <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small>
• Azanus moriqua <small>(Wallengren, 1857)</small>
• Azanus natalensis <small>(Trimen & Bowker, 1887)</small>
• Azanus ubaldus <small>(Stoll, 1782)</small>
• Azanus isis <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
• Eicochrysops hippocrates <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Euchrysops barkeri <small>(Trimen, 1893)</small>
• Euchrysops malathana <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
• Euchrysops nilotica <small>(Aurivillius, 1904)</small>
• Euchrysops osiris <small>(Hopffer, 1855)</small>
• Euchrysops reducta <small>Hulstaert, 1924</small>
• Euchrysops sahelianus <small>Libert, 2001</small>
• Oboronia guessfeldti <small>(Dewitz, 1879)</small>
• Chilades eleusis <small>(Demaison, 1888)</small>
• Chilades serrula <small>(Mabille, 1890)</small> (endemic)
• Freyeria trochylus <small>(Freyer, [1843])</small>
• Lepidochrysops polydialecta <small>(Bethune-Baker, [1923])</small>
• Lepidochrysops synchrematiza <small>(Bethune-Baker, [1923])</small>

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>
• Tirumala petiverana <small>(Doubleday, 1847)</small>
• Amauris damocles <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>

Satyrinae

Elymniini

• Elymniopsis bammakoo <small>(Westwood, [1851])</small>

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Melanitis libya <small>Distant, 1882</small>

Satyrini

• Bicyclus angulosa <small>(Butler, 1868)</small>
• Bicyclus funebris <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)</small>
• Bicyclus mandanes <small>Hewitson, 1873</small>
• Bicyclus milyas <small>(Hewitson, 1864)</small>
• Bicyclus pavonis <small>(Butler, 1876)</small>
• Bicyclus safitza <small>(Westwood, 1850)</small>
• Bicyclus sandace <small>(Hewitson, 1877)</small>
• Bicyclus taenias <small>(Hewitson, 1877)</small>
• Bicyclus vulgaris <small>(Butler, 1868)</small>
• Bicyclus zinebi <small>(Butler, 1869)</small>
• Ypthima asterope <small>(Klug, 1832)</small>
• Ypthima condamini nigeriae <small>Kielland, 1982</small>
• Ypthima doleta <small>Kirby, 1880</small>
• Ypthima impura <small>Elwes & Edwards, 1893</small>
• Ypthima vuattouxi <small>Kielland, 1982</small>
• Ypthimomorpha itonia <small>(Hewitson, 1865)</small>

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes varanes vologeses <small>(Mabille, 1876)</small>
• Charaxes fulvescens senegala <small>van Someren, 1975</small>
• Charaxes candiope <small>(Godart, 1824)</small>
• Charaxes protoclea <small>Feisthamel, 1850</small>
• Charaxes boueti <small>Feisthamel, 1850</small>
• Charaxes cynthia <small>Butler, 1866</small>
• Charaxes lucretius <small>Cramer, [1775]</small>
• Charaxes jasius <small>Poulton, 1926</small>
• Charaxes epijasius <small>Reiche, 1850</small>
• Charaxes castor <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small>
• Charaxes brutus <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
• Charaxes numenes <small>(Hewitson, 1859)</small>
• Charaxes tiridates <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>
• Charaxes zingha <small>(Stoll, 1780)</small>
• Charaxes etesipe <small>(Godart, 1824)</small>
• Charaxes achaemenes atlantica <small>van Someren, 1970</small>
• Charaxes eupale <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>
• Charaxes anticlea <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>
• Charaxes etheocles <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>
• Charaxes viola <small>Butler, 1866</small>

Euxanthini

• Charaxes eurinome <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small>

Pallini

• Palla decius <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Antanartia delius <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>
• Vanessa cardui <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Junonia chorimene <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)</small>
• Junonia hierta cebrene <small>Trimen, 1870</small>
• Junonia oenone <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis <small>Guenée, 1865</small>
• Junonia sophia <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Junonia stygia <small>(Aurivillius, 1894)</small>
• Junonia terea <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
• Salamis cacta <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Precis antilope <small>(Feisthamel, 1850)</small>
• Precis octavia <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>
• Precis pelarga <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Hypolimnas anthedon <small>(Doubleday, 1845)</small>
• Hypolimnas misippus <small>(Linnaeus, 1764)</small>
• Catacroptera cloanthe ligata <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

• Cyrestis camillus <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara crameri <small>Aurivillius, 1894</small>
• Byblia ilithyia <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Pseudacraea eurytus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Pseudacraea lucretia <small>(Cramer, [1775])</small>
• Pseudacraea warburgi <small>Aurivillius, 1892</small>

Neptidini

• Neptis agouale <small>Pierre-Baltus, 1978</small>
• Neptis alta <small>Overlaet, 1955</small>
• Neptis najo <small>Karsch, 1893</small>
• Neptis kiriakoffi <small>Overlaet, 1955</small>
• Neptis morosa <small>Overlaet, 1955</small>
• Neptis nemetes <small>Hewitson, 1868</small>
• Neptis nysiades <small>Hewitson, 1868</small>
• Neptis serena <small>Overlaet, 1955</small>
• Neptis trigonophora melicertula <small>Strand, 1912</small>

Adoliadini

• Euryphura chalcis <small>(Felder & Felder, 1860)</small>
• Hamanumida daedalus <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Aterica galene <small>(Brown, 1776)</small>
• Euriphene ampedusa <small>(Hewitson, 1866)</small>
• Euriphene gambiae <small>Feisthamel, 1850</small>
• Bebearia senegalensis <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)</small>
• Bebearia sophus phreone <small>(Feisthamel, 1850)</small>
• Bebearia phantasina ultima <small>Hecq, 1990</small>
• Euphaedra medon pholus <small>(van der Hoeven, 1840)</small>
• Euphaedra hastiri <small>Hecq, 1981</small>
• Euphaedra laguerrei <small>Hecq, 1979</small>
• Euphaedra villiersi <small>Condamin, 1964</small>

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea camaena <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
• Acraea neobule <small>Doubleday, 1847</small>
• Acraea quirina <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
• Acraea zetes <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Acraea egina <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small>
• Acraea caecilia <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
• Acraea pseudegina <small>Westwood, 1852</small>
• Acraea epaea <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
• Acraea macaria <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Acraea vestalis <small>Felder & Felder, 1865</small>
• Acraea bonasia <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Acraea encedana <small>Pierre, 1976</small>
• Acraea encedon <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Acraea serena <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
• Acraea perenna <small>Doubleday, 1847</small>

Vagrantini

• Lachnoptera anticlia <small>(Hübner, 1819)</small>
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica <small>(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)</small>

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades aeschylus <small>(Plötz, 1884)</small>
• Coeliades chalybe <small>(Westwood, 1852)</small>
• Coeliades forestan <small>(Stoll, [1782])</small>
• Coeliades hanno <small>(Plötz, 1879)</small>

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Celaenorrhinus galenus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Eretis lugens <small>(Rogenhofer, 1891)</small>
• Sarangesa laelius <small>(Mabille, 1877)</small>
• Sarangesa phidyle <small>(Walker, 1870)</small>

Tagiadini

• Tagiades flesus <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
• Eagris denuba <small>(Plötz, 1879)</small>
• Caprona adelica <small>Karsch, 1892</small>
• Abantis nigeriana <small>Butler, 1901</small>
• Abantis pseudonigeriana <small>Usher, 1984</small>

Carcharodini

• Spialia diomus <small>(Hopffer, 1855)</small>
• Spialia dromus <small>(Plötz, 1884)</small>
• Spialia spio <small>(Linnaeus, 1764)</small>
• Gomalia elma <small>(Trimen, 1862)</small>

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Astictopterus abjecta <small>(Snellen, 1872)</small>
• Prosopalpus debilis <small>(Plötz, 1879)</small>
• Prosopalpus styla <small>Evans, 1937</small>
• Gorgyra afikpo <small>Druce, 1909</small>
• Pardaleodes edipus <small>(Stoll, 1781)</small>
• Pardaleodes incerta murcia <small>(Plötz, 1883)</small>
• Xanthodisca rega <small>(Mabille, 1890)</small>
• Parosmodes morantii axis <small>Evans, 1937</small>
• Acleros mackenii olaus <small>(Plötz, 1884)</small>
• Acleros ploetzi <small>Mabille, 1890</small>
• Semalea arela <small>(Mabille, 1891)</small>
• Semalea pulvina <small>(Plötz, 1879)</small>
• Hypoleucis ophiusa <small>(Hewitson, 1866)</small>
• Meza indusiata <small>(Mabille, 1891)</small>
• Meza leucophaea <small>(Holland, 1894)</small>
• Meza meza <small>(Hewitson, 1877)</small>
• Andronymus neander <small>(Plötz, 1884)</small>
• Zophopetes cerymica <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small>
• Zophopetes quaternata <small>(Mabille, 1876)</small>
• Artitropa comus <small>(Stoll, 1782)</small>
• Gretna waga <small>(Plötz, 1886)</small>
• Leona halma <small>Evans, 1937</small>
• Caenides dacela <small>(Hewitson, 1876)</small>
• Monza alberti <small>(Holland, 1896)</small>
• Fresna cojo <small>(Karsch, 1893)</small>
• Platylesches affinissima <small>Strand, 1921</small>
• Platylesches batangae <small>(Holland, 1894)</small>
• Platylesches chamaeleon <small>(Mabille, 1891)</small>
• Platylesches galesa <small>(Hewitson, 1877)</small>
• Platylesches moritili <small>(Wallengren, 1857)</small>
• Platylesches picanini <small>(Holland, 1894)</small>
• Platylesches rossii <small>Belcastro, 1986</small>

Baorini

• Pelopidas mathias <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
• Pelopidas thrax <small>(Hübner, 1821)</small>
• Borbo borbonica <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
• Borbo fatuellus <small>(Hopffer, 1855)</small>
• Borbo gemella <small>(Mabille, 1884)</small>
• Borbo holtzi <small>(Plötz, 1883)</small>
• Borbo perobscura <small>(Druce, 1912)</small>
• Parnara monasi <small>(Trimen & Bowker, 1889)</small>
• Gegenes hottentota <small>(Latreille, 1824)</small>
• Gegenes niso brevicornis <small>(Plötz, 1884)</small>
• Gegenes nostrodamus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
• Gegenes pumilio gambica <small>(Mabille, 1878)</small>

See also

• List of moths of Senegal
• Wildlife of Senegal

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Text (in German)