List of butterflies of Kenya

Last updated March 13, 2022

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This is a list of butterflies of Kenya . About 559 species are known from Kenya,^[1] 34 of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

Papilio chrapkowskii Ernst Suffert, 1904
Papilio desmondi desmondi van Someren, 1939
Papilio desmondi teita van Someren, 1960
Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871
Papilio constantinus lecerfi Koçak, 1996
Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
Papilio echerioides kiellandi Clifton & Collins, 1997
Papilio echerioides nyiro Carcasson, 1962
Papilio echerioides wertheri Karsch, 1898
Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
Papilio phorcas roscoei Cramer, 1775

Leptocercini

Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
Graphium kirbyi (Hewitson, 1872)
Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
Graphium porthaon porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
Graphium porthaon mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991
Graphium philonoe philonoe (Ward, 1873)
Graphium philonoe whalleyi (Talbot, 1929)

Pieridae

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

Aslauga orientalis Cottrell, 1981
Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

Miletini

Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
Lachnocnema dohertyi Libert, 1996

Poritiinae

Liptenini

Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
Alaena johanna johanna Sharpe, 1890
Alaena johanna tsavoa Jackson, 1966
Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966
Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896
Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907)
Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
Pentila tropicalis chyulu van Someren, 1939
Pentila tropicalis mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
Ornipholidotos katangae Stempffer, 1947
Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
Mimacraea marshalli marshalli Trimen, 1898
Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi Rothschild, 1901
Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)
Liptena kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
Tetrarhanis ilma (Hewitson, 1873)
Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956)
Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
Eresina crola Talbot, 1935
Teriomima subpunctata Kirby, 1887
Teriomima micra (Grose-Smith, 1898)
Teriomima parva Hawker-Smith, 1933
Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
Baliochila dubiosa Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
Baliochila minima (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
Baliochila amanica Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
Baliochila latimarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
Baliochila confusa Henning & Henning, 2004
Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
Baliochila stygia Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
Eresinopsides bichroma jefferyi Stempffer, 1950

Epitolini

Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
Deloneura ochrascens ochrascens (Neave, 1904)
Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910
Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997

Aphnaeinae

Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)
Chloroselas azurea Butler, 1900
Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
Chloroselas minima Jackson, 1966
Chloroselas pseudozeritis pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
Chloroselas pseudozeritis umbrosa Jackson, 1966
Chloroselas trembathi Collins & Larsen, 1991
Chloroselas vansomereni Jackson, 1966
Vansomerenia rogersi (Riley, 1932)
Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
Cigaritis nairobiensis (Sharpe, 1904)
Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
Axiocerses collinsi Henning & Henning, 1996
Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
Aloeides conradsi talboti Tite & Dickson, 1973
Aphnaeus coronae littoralis Carcasson, 1964
Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954
Aphnaeus neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926
Aphnaeus williamsi Carcasson, 1964

Theclinae

Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
Myrina subornata kacheleba d'Abrera, 1980
Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis Stempffer, 1954
Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
Leptomyrina gorgias cana Talbot, 1935
Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
Iolaus bolissus Hewitson, 1873
Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953
Iolaus apatosa (Stempffer, 1952)
Iolaus arborifera (Butler, 1901)
Iolaus bansana Bethune-Baker, 1926
Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
Iolaus diametra diametra (Karsch, 1895)
Iolaus diametra littoralis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
Iolaus jacksoni (Stempffer, 1950)
Iolaus mermis (Druce, 1896)
Iolaus mimosae haemus (Talbot, 1935)
Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895
Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)
Iolaus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889
Iolaus tajoraca tajoraca Walker, 1870
Iolaus tajoraca ertli Aurivillius, 1916
Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980)
Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1901)
Iolaus crawshayi elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
Iolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
Iolaus crawshayi nyanzae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
Iolaus maritimus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
Iolaus poultoni (Riley, 1928)
Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
Stugeta bowkeri kedonga van Someren, 1939
Stugeta bowkeri mombasae Butler, 1901
Stugeta bowkeri nyanzana Wichgraf, 1911
Stugeta carpenteri Stempffer, 1946
Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934
Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948
Deudorix vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
Capys calpurnia Henning & Henning, 1988
Capys catharus rileyi Stempffer, 1967
Capys collinsi Henning & Henning, 1988
Capys cupreus Henning & Henning, 1988
Capys hermes Henning & Henning, 1988
Capys juliae Henning & Henning, 1988
Capys meruensis Henning & Henning, 1988

Lycaeninae

Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991
Anthene butleri butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
Anthene butleri galla Stempffer, 1947
Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954
Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
Anthene hobleyi hobleyi (Neave, 1904)
Anthene hobleyi elgonensis (Aurivillius, 1925)
Anthene hobleyi teita Stempffer, 1961
Anthene hodsoni hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
Anthene hodsoni usamba (Talbot, 1937)
Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
Anthene lemnos loa (Strand, 1911)
Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
Anthene otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902)
Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922)
Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
Anthene staudingeri obsoleta (Stempffer, 1947)
Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

Polyommatini

Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)
Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
Phlyaria cyara (Hewitson, 1876)
Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
Harpendyreus aequatorialis (Sharpe, 1892)
Harpendyreus marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991
Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
Tuxentius calice gregorii (Butler, 1894)
Tuxentius cretosus cretosus (Butler, 1876)
Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904)
Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, 1824)
Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
Euchrysops horus (Stoneham, 1938)
Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
Lepidochrysops kitale (Stempffer, 1936)
Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
Lepidochrysops elgonae elgonae Stempffer, 1950
Lepidochrysops elgonae moyo van Someren, 1957
Lepidochrysops jansei van Someren, 1957
Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
Lepidochrysops lukenia van Someren, 1957
Lepidochrysops neonegus neonegus (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
Lepidochrysops neonegus borealis van Someren, 1957
Lepidochrysops peculiaris peculiaris (Rogenhofer, 1891)
Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
Lepidochrysops pterou pterou (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
Lepidochrysops pterou suk van Someren, 1957
Lepidochrysops victoriae vansomereni Stempffer, 1951

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897
Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936
Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896
Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Satyrinae

Melanitini

Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894)
Aphysoneura scapulifascia collinsi Kielland, 1989

Satyrini

Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963
Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910)
Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
Heteropsis peitho (Plötz, 1880)
Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) - common three ring
Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
Ypthima jacksoni Kielland, 1982
Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
Ypthima rhodesiana Carcasson, 1961
Ypthima yatta Kielland, 1982
Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
Neocoenyra masaica Carcasson, 1958
Coenyropsis carcassoni Kielland, 1976
Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)
Neita victoriae (Aurivillius, 1899)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1777)
Charaxes acuminatus kulalae van Someren, 1975
Charaxes acuminatus oreas Talbot, 1932
Charaxes acuminatus shimbanus van Someren, 1963
Charaxes acuminatus teitensis van Someren, 1963
Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith, 1889
Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
Charaxes jasius harrisoni Sharpe, 1904
Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
Charaxes hansali kulalae van Someren, 1975
Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
Charaxes ansorgei jacksoni Poulton, 1933
Charaxes ansorgei loita Plantrou, 1982
Charaxes eudoxus amaurus Poulton, 1929
Charaxes overlaeti Schouteden, 1934
Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
Charaxes xiphares desmondi van Someren, 1939
Charaxes xiphares kulal van Someren, 1962
Charaxes xiphares walwandi Collins, 1989
Charaxes nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
Charaxes cithaeron kennethi Poulton, 1926
Charaxes cithaeron nairobicus van Son, 1953
Charaxes violetta maritima van Someren, 1966
Charaxes violetta meru van Someren, 1966
Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
Charaxes achaemenes monticola van Someren, 1970
Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis Carpenter, 1937
Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925
Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974
Charaxes baumanni baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891
Charaxes baumanni bamptoni van Someren, 1974
Charaxes baumanni nyiro Collins & Larsen, 1991
Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971
Charaxes blanda kenyae Poulton, 1926
Charaxes ethalion littoralis van Someren, 1967
Charaxes ethalion marsabitensis van Someren, 1967
Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967
Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
Charaxes chanleri Holland, 1896
Charaxes kirki Butler, 1881
Charaxes aubyni aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952
Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957
Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969
Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis Poulton, 1929
Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871
Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

Euxanthini

Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)
Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
Charaxes tiberius tiberius (Grose-Smith, 1889)
Charaxes tiberius meruensis (van Someren, 1936)

Nymphalinae

Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)

Nymphalini

Antanartia schaeneia (Trimen, 1879)
Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966
Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
Salamis cacta cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
Salamis cacta amaniensis Vosseler, 1907
Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
Precis actia Distant, 1880
Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891
Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)
Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
Hypolimnas usambara (Ward, 1872)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

Epicaliini

Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892)
Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
Cymothoe teita van Someren, 1939
Pseudacraea deludens echerioides Talbot, 1941

Neptidini

Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913
Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
Neptis katama Collins & Larsen, 1991
Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951
Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914
Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896
Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921

Adoliadini

Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935
Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
Bebearia orientis orientis (Karsch, 1895)
Bebearia orientis dealbata (Carcasson, 1958)
Bebearia orientis taveta Clifton, 1980
Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
Bebearia chriemhilda (Staudinger, 1896)
Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
Euphaedra viridicaerulea nitidula van Someren, 1935
Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
Euphaedra rattrayi Sharpe, 1904
Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
Euphaedra neophron littoralis Talbot, 1929
Euphaedra neophron ellenbecki Pagenstrecher, 1902
Euphaedra neophron meruensis van Someren, 1935
Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
Pseudathyma lucretioides Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
Pseudathyma nzoia van Someren, 1939

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
Acraea boopis ama Pierre, 1979
Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
Acraea magnifica Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
Acraea matuapa Grose-Smith, 1889
Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873
Acraea satis Ward, 1871
Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acraea rudolfi Eltringham, 1929
Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
Acraea pudorina Staudinger, 1885
Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
Acraea caecilia caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
Acraea caecilia kulal van Someren, 1936
Acraea caecilia pudora Aurivillius, 1910
Acraea caldarena caldarena Hewitson, 1877
Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878
Acraea equatorialis equatorialis Neave, 1904
Acraea equatorialis anaemia Eltringham, 1912
Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
Acraea mirabilis Butler, 1886
Acraea miranda Riley, 1920
Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902 xx
Acraea adrasta Weymer, 1892
Acraea aganice montana (Butler, 1888)
Acraea aganice ugandae (van Someren, 1936)
Acraea epaea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
Acraea umbra hemileuca (Jordan, 1914)
Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
Acraea ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898
Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933
Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
Acraea excelsior Sharpe, 1891
Acraea pentapolis Ward, 1871
Acraea rangatana rangatana Eltringham, 1912
Acraea rangatana ecketti Jackson, 1951
Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
Acraea anacreontica chyulu van Someren, 1939
Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
Acraea wigginsi Neave, 1904
Acraea aubyni Eltringham, 1912
Acraea parrhasia kenya van Someren & Rogers, 1926
Acraea parrhasia orientis Aurivillius, 1904

Argynnini

Issoria hanningtoni jeanneli (Bernardi, 1968)

Vagrantini

Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
Coeliades keithloa kenya Evans, 1937
Coeliades keithloa merua Evans, 1947
Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
Celaenorrhinus lourentis de Jong, 1976
Eretis umbra (Trimen, 1862)
Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
Sarangesa princei Karsch, 1896
Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956

Tagiadini

Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891
Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
Leucochitonea hindei Druce, 1903
Abantis meru Evans, 1947
Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889

Carcharodini

Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
Spialia confusa obscura Evans, 1937
Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
Spialia kituina (Karsch, 1896)
Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951
Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891)
Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
Kedestes nancy Collins & Larsen, 1991
Kedestes nerva paola Plötz, 1884
Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
Gorgyra diva Evans, 1937
Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896
Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896
Artitropa erinnys radiata Riley, 1925
Artitropa erinnys vansomereni Riley, 1925
Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
Gretna carmen carmen Evans, 1937
Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937
Leona halma Evans, 1937
Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

Baorini

Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925)

Heteropterinae

Metisella abdeli abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938
Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)
Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
Metisella quadrisignatus nanda Evans, 1937
Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)

References

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[1] African Butterfly Database

[2] Afrotropical Butterflies

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v t e List of butterflies of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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