List of butterflies of Uganda

Location of Uganda

This is a partial list of butterflies of Uganda . About 1,235 species are known from Uganda, ^[1] 31 of which are endemic. ^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio antimachus parva Jackson, 1956
• Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
• Papilio nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
• Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865
• Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
• Papilio chrapkowskoides chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
• Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
• Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
• Papilio sosia debilis Storace, 1951
• Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898
• Papilio dardanus dardanus Brown, 1776
• Papilio dardanus meseres Carpenter, 1948
• Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896
• Papilio phorcas ruscoei Krüger, 1928
• Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
• Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
• Papilio mechowi mechowi Dewitz, 1881
• Papilio mechowi whitnalli Neave, 1904
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
• Papilio jacksoni jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
• Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924
• Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
• Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
• Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
• Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983
• Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
• Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908
• Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

Leptocercini

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium junodi (Trimen, 1893)
• Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium gudenusi (Rebel, 1911)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
• Graphium philonoe whalleyi (Talbot, 1929)
• Graphium almansor escherichi (Gaede, 1915)
• Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)
• Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni Berger, 1950

Pieridae

Pseudopontiinae

• Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)
• Pseudopontia gola Sáfián & Mitter, 2010

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
• Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
• Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

Pierinae

• Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
• Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
• Colotis elgonensis elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891)
• Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi Berger, 1956
• Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
• Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
• Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940
• Colotis hetaera aspasia (Ungemach, 1932)
• Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
• Colotis phisadia vagus d'Abrera, 1980
• Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
• Colotis vesta hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
• Colotis vesta princeps Talbot, 1939
• Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823
• Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
• Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940
• Nepheronia argia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Nepheronia argia argolisia (Stoneham, 1957)
• Nepheronia pharis pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Nepheronia pharis silvanus (Stoneham, 1957)
• Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
• Nepheronia thalassina verulanus (Ward, 1871)
• Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959
• Leptosia alcesta pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959
• Leptosia hybrida somereni Bernardi, 1959
• Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
• Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959
• Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915)

Pierini

• Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
• Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948
• Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
• Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897)
• Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
• Mylothris agathina richlora Suffert, 1904
• Mylothris alberici Dufrane, 1940
• Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
• Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896
• Mylothris chloris clarissa Butler, 1888
• Mylothris citrina orientalis Talbot, 1946
• Mylothris continua Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris croceus Butler, 1896
• Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981
• Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
• Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris kiwuensis katera Berger, 1979
• Mylothris mafuga Berger, 1981
• Mylothris nubila somereni Talbot, 1946
• Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909
• Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
• Mylothris rueppellii tirikensis Neave, 1904
• Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris similis noel Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952
• Mylothris subsolana Hecq, 2001
• Mylothris yulei latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904)
• Dixeia doxo costata Talbot, 1943
• Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900)
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso minor Talbot, 1943
• Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
• Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
• Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
• Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
• Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943
• Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921)
• Belenois subeida subeida (Felder & Felder, 1865)
• Belenois subeida sylvander Grose-Smith, 1890
• Belenois sudanensis katalensis Berger, 1981
• Belenois theora laeta (Weymer, 1903)
• Belenois theuszi (Dewitz, 1889)
• Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872
• Belenois victoria victoria Dixey, 1915
• Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953
• Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

• Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
• Aslauga karamoja (Libert, 1994) (endemic)
• Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899
• Aslauga pandora Druce, 1913
• Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

Miletini

• Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
• Megalopalpus simplex Röber, 1886
• Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
• Spalgis jacksoni Stempffer, 1967
• Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
• Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
• Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema triangularis Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema jacksoni Stempffer, 1967
• Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
• Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
• Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema reutlingeri perspicua Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910
• Lachnocnema brunea Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895
• Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890
• Lachnocnema disrupta Talbot, 1935

Poritiinae

Liptenini

• Alaena caissa kagera Talbot, 1935
• Alaena subrubra Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886
• Pentila cloetensi albida Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Pentila cloetensi catauga Rebel, 1914
• Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893)
• Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910
• Pentila pauli clarensis Neave, 1903
• Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
• Pentila umangiana connectens Hulstaert, 1924
• Liptenara hiendlmayri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Telipna sulpitia Hulstaert, 1924
• Telipna aurivillii jefferyi Jackson, 1969
• Telipna kayonza Jackson, 1969 (endemic)
• Telipna citrimaculata neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Telipna citrimaculata victoriae Libert, 2005
• Telipna sheffieldi Bethune-Baker, 1926 (endemic)
• Telipna sanguinea depuncta Talbot, 1937
• Telipna consanguinea consanguinea Rebel, 1914
• Telipna consanguinea ugandae Behune-Baker, 1926
• Telipna nyanza nyanza Neave, 1904
• Telipna nyanza katangae Stempffer, 1961
• Ornipholidotos ugandae Stempffer, 1947
• Ornipholidotos teroensis Stempffer, 1957
• Ornipholidotos katangae reducta Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos overlaeti intermedia Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos gemina fournierae Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos josianae Libert, 2005 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
• Ornipholidotos ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Ornipholidotos latimargo (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Ornipholidotos paradoxa orientis Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
• Mimacraea krausei krausei Dewitz, 1889
• Mimacraea krausei poultoni Neave, 1904
• Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
• Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898
• Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912
• Mimeresia debora barnsi (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937)
• Mimeresia drucei ugandae (Stempffer, 1954)
• Mimeresia favillacea griseata (Talbot, 1937)
• Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Mimeresia neavei (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Mimeresia russulus unyoro Stempffer, 1961
• Liptena albomacula Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena amabilis nyanzae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
• Liptena augusta Suffert, 1904
• Liptena batesana Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Liptena congoana Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena despecta (Holland, 1890)
• Liptena eukrinoides Talbot, 1937
• Liptena flavicans aequatorialis Stempffer, 1956
• Liptena flavicans katera Stempffer, 1956
• Liptena hapale Talbot, 1935
• Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena nigromarginata Stempffer, 1961
• Liptena opaca ugandana Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena orubrum teroana Talbot, 1935
• Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923
• Liptena rubromacula jacksoni Carpenter, 1934
• Liptena turbata (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena xanthostola xantha (Grose-Smith, 1901)
• Kakumia ideoides (Dewitz, 1887)
• Kakumia otlauga (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
• Tetrarhanis ilala (Riley, 1929)
• Tetrarhanis ilma daltoni (Poulton, 1929)
• Tetrarhanis ilma ugandae (Stempffer, 1964)
• Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956)
• Falcuna iturina Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Falcuna orientalis orientalis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Falcuna orientalis bwamba Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Falcuna overlaeti Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Larinopoda lagyra (Hewitson, 1866)
• Larinopoda lircaea (Hewitson, 1866)
• Larinopoda tera (Hewitson, 1873)
• Micropentila bunyoro Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila cherereti Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila jacksoni Talbot, 1937
• Micropentila katerae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila mpigi Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila subplagata Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Micropentila victoriae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Pseuderesia eleaza katera Stempffer, 1961
• Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
• Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina bilinea Talbot, 1935
• Eresina conradti Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina crola Talbot, 1935
• Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
• Eresina katera Stempffer, 1962
• Eresina masaka Stempffer, 1962
• Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina toroensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Eresiomera magnimacula (Rebel, 1914)
• Eresiomera paradoxa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962)
• Eresiomera rougeoti (Stempffer, 1961)
• Eresiomera rutilo (Druce, 1910)
• Citrinophila erastus pallida Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Citrinophila tenera (Kirby, 1887)
• Citrinophila unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Argyrocheila inundifera Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Argyrocheila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933

Epitolini

• Toxochitona ankole Stempffer, 1967 (endemic)
• Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
• Toxochitona sankuru Stempffer, 1961
• Toxochitona vansomereni (Stempffer, 1954) (endemic)
• Iridana bwamba Stempffer, 1964 (endemic)
• Iridana hypocala Eltringham, 1929
• Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)
• Iridana jacksoni Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana katera Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana marina Talbot, 1935
• Iridana obscura Stempffer, 1964 (endemic)
• Iridana perdita (Kirby, 1890)
• Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana unyoro Stempffer, 1964
• Teratoneura congoensis Stempffer, 1954
• Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
• Epitola uranioides uranoides Libert, 1999
• Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cerautola crippsi (Stoneham, 1934)
• Cerautola crowleyi holochroma (Berger, 1981)
• Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
• Cerautola semibrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
• Geritola cyanea (Jackson, 1964)
• Geritola dubia (Jackson, 1964)
• Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890)
• Geritola liana (Roche, 1954)
• Geritola zelica (Kirby, 1890)
• Geritola subargentea (Jackson, 1964)
• Stempfferia badura contrasta Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia carilla (Roche, 1954) (endemic)
• Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
• Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890)
• Stempfferia ciconia mongiro (Jackson, 1968)
• Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Stempfferia mara (Talbot, 1935)
• Stempfferia marginata (Kirby, 1887)
• Stempfferia sylviae Libert, 1999
• Cephetola bwamba (Jackson, 1964) (endemic)
• Cephetola catuna catuna (Kirby, 1890)
• Cephetola catuna carpenteri (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
• Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
• Cephetola dolorosa (Roche, 1954)
• Cephetola kamengensis (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola katerae (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola kiellandi (Libert & Congdon, 1998)
• Cephetola maculata (Hawker-Smith, 1926)
• Cephetola mariae Libert, 1999
• Cephetola martini (Libert, 1998)
• Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Cephetola mpangensis (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola nigra (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
• Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937)
• Cephetola subgriseata (Jackson, 1964)
• Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935)
• Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Deloneura ochrascens (Neave, 1904)
• Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962
• Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
• Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
• Epitolina catori ugandae Jackson, 1962
• Hypophytala vansomereni (Jackson, 1964)
• Phytala elais ugandae Jackson, 1964
• Neoepitola barombiensis (Kirby, 1890)
• Aethiopana honorius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia kuehnei Collins & Larsen, 2008
• Hewitsonia intermedia Jackson, 1962
• Hewitsonia ugandae Jackson, 1962
• Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908

Aphnaeinae

• Pseudaletis agrippina Druce, 1888
• Pseudaletis busoga van Someren, 1939
• Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
• Lipaphnaeus aderna pan (Talbot, 1935)
• Lipaphnaeus leonina paradoxa (Schultze, 1908)
• Lipaphnaeus leonina loxura (Rebel, 1914)
• Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
• Chloroselas pseudozeritis umbrosa Jackson, 1966
• Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
• Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
• Cigaritis brunnea (Jackson, 1966)
• Cigaritis crustaria (Holland, 1890)
• Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
• Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
• Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
• Axiocerses harpax ugandana Clench, 1963
• Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
• Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890
• Aphnaeus chapini ugandae Stempffer, 1961
• Aphnaeus coronae Talbot, 1935
• Aphnaeus gilloni Stempffer, 1966
• Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954
• Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928
• Aphnaeus nyanzae Stempffer, 1954 (endemic)
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

• Myrina sharpei Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
• Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Oxylides feminina (Sharpe, 1904)
• Dapidodigma demeter nuptus Clench, 1961
• Hypolycaena antifaunus latimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
• Hypolycaena hatita ugandae Sharpe, 1904
• Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Hypolycaena kadiskos Druce, 1890
• Hypolycaena lebona davenporti Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
• Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
• Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
• Leptomyrina makala Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Leptomyrina gorgias cana Talbot, 1935
• Iolaus bolissus aurora Clench, 1964
• Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953
• Iolaus aurivillii Röber, 1900
• Iolaus bansana yalae (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus bellina exquisita (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus creta Hewitson, 1878
• Iolaus farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
• Iolaus fontainei (Stempffer, 1956)
• Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
• Iolaus iasis albomaculatus Sharpe, 1904
• Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
• Iolaus mafugae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
• Iolaus mimosae haemus (Talbot, 1935)
• Iolaus mongiro Stempffer, 1969 (endemic)
• Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus neavei katera Talbot, 1937
• Iolaus pollux albocaerulea (Riley, 1929)
• Iolaus pseudofrater Stempffer, 1962 (endemic)
• Iolaus pseudopollux Stempffer, 1962 (endemic)
• Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905
• Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)
• Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
• Iolaus stenogrammica (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870
• Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
• Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980)
• Iolaus henryi (Stempffer, 1961)
• Iolaus gabunica (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
• Iolaus jamesoni (Druce, 1891)
• Iolaus parasilanus divaricatus (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
• Iolaus vansomereni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (endemic)
• Iolaus poecilaon (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus aequatorialis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus cottrelli (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus crawshayi elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus crawshayi niloticus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus iturensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Iolaus kayonza (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (endemic)
• Iolaus lalos kigezi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus timon orientius Hulstaert, 1924
• Iolaus catori cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Stugeta marmoreus marmoreus (Butler, 1866)
• Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934
• Pilodeudorix baginei (Collins & Larsen, 1991)
• Pilodeudorix ula (Karsch, 1895)
• Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)
• Pilodeudorix anetia (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Pilodeudorix aruma pallidior Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix azurea (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix canescens (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Pilodeudorix infuscata (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix leonina indentata Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix mera mera (Hewitson, 1873
• Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945)
• Pilodeudorix nyanzana (Stempffer, 1957)
• Pilodeudorix otraeda genuba (Hewitson, 1875)
• Pilodeudorix ankoleensis (Stempffer, 1953) (endemic)
• Pilodeudorix camerona katanga (Clench, 1965)
• Pilodeudorix congoana orientalis (Stempffer, 1957)
• Pilodeudorix kohli (Aurivillius, 1921)
• Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
• Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
• Pilodeudorix zelomina (Rebel, 1914)
• Pilodeudorix hugoi Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix deritas (Hewitson, 1874)
• Pilodeudorix fumata (Stempffer, 1954)
• Pilodeudorix pasteon (Druce, 1910)
• Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Paradeudorix cobaltina (Stempffer, 1964)
• Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
• Paradeudorix marginata (Stempffer, 1962)
• Hypomyrina nomenia extensa Libert, 2004
• Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
• Hypomyrina fournierae Gabriel, 1939
• Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966
• Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
• Deudorix edwardsi Gabriel, 1939
• Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
• Deudorix kayonza Stempffer, 1956
• Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
• Deudorix lorisona lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
• Deudorix lorisona baronica Ungemach, 1932
• Deudorix lorisona sesse Stempffer & Jackson, 1962
• Deudorix odana Druce, 1887
• Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948
• Capys catharus rileyi Stempffer, 1967

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
• Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
• Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
• Anthene crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene crawshayi minuta (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
• Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene hobleyi elgonensis (Aurivillius, 1925)
• Anthene hobleyi kigezi Stempffer, 1961
• Anthene hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
• Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
• Anthene ituria (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene katera Talbot, 1937
• Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Anthene lachares toroensis Stempffer, 1947
• Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
• Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli Stempffer, 1961
• Anthene ruwenzoricus (Grünberg, 1911)
• Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene sylvanus albicans (Grünberg, 1910)
• Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
• Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
• Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)
• Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)
• Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
• Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
• Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
• Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene inconspicua (Druce, 1910)
• Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene lamias katerae (d'Abrera, 1980)
• Anthene lucretilis albipicta (Talbot, 1935)
• Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Cupidesthes arescopa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962)
• Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
• Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)
• Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966
• Lycaena phlaeas ethiopica (Poulton, 1922)

Polyommatini

• Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
• Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
• Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
• Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892)
• Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958
• Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909
• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
• Uranothauma heritsia intermedia (Tite, 1958)
• Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)
• Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
• Phlyaria cyara tenuimarginata (Grünberg, 1908)
• Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
• Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
• Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
• Harpendyreus marungensis wollastoni (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
• Harpendyreus reginaldi Heron, 1909
• Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
• Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904)
• Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892)
• Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
• Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
• Actizera stellata (Trimen, 1883)
• Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
• Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
• Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
• Eicochrysops messapus nandiana (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Euchrysops alberta (Butler, 1901)
• Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
• Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
• Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Euchrysops crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924
• Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
• Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Thermoniphas alberici (Dufrane, 1945)
• Thermoniphas albocaerulea Stempffer, 1956 (endemic)
• Thermoniphas caerulea Stempffer, 1956 (endemic)
• Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
• Thermoniphas fumosa Stempffer, 1952
• Thermoniphas plurilimbata plurilimbata Karsch, 1895
• Thermoniphas plurilimbata rutshurensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Thermoniphas togara togara (Plötz, 1880)
• Thermoniphas togara bugalla Stempffer & Jackson, 1962
• Thermoniphas kigezi Stempffer, 1956 (endemic)
• Oboronia albicosta (Gaede, 1916)
• Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
• Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)
• Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
• Lepidochrysops budama van Someren, 1957 (endemic)
• Lepidochrysops jacksoni van Someren, 1957 (endemic)
• Lepidochrysops labwor van Someren, 1957 (endemic)
• Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
• Lepidochrysops neonegus borealis van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops pterou (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

Riodinidae

Nemeobiinae

• Abisara caeca Rebel, 1914
• Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932
• Abisara rogersi simulacris Riley, 1932
• Abisara neavei Riley, 1932

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

• Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
• Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
• Amauris niavius niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Amauris niavius aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
• Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
• Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
• Amauris echeria jacksoni Sharpe, 1892
• Amauris echeria mongallensis Carpenter, 1928
• Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
• Amauris ellioti ellioti Butler, 1895
• Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896
• Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)
• Amauris inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901
• Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940

Satyrinae

Elymniini

• Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902)

Melanitini

• Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
• Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
• Gnophodes grogani Sharpe, 1901
• Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904
• Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894)
• Aphysoneura scapulifascia kigeziae Kielland, 1989

Satyrini

• Bicyclus alboplaga (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus analis (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus anynana centralis Condamin, 1968
• Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, 1896)
• Bicyclus buea (Strand, 1912)
• Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
• Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
• Bicyclus dubia (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus graueri (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus hyperanthus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Bicyclus iccius (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bicyclus ignobilis acutus Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
• Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
• Bicyclus mesogena ugandae (Riley, 1926)
• Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bicyclus mollitia (Karsch, 1895)
• Bicyclus nachtetis Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus neustetteri (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
• Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
• Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus sambulos cyaneus Condamin, 1961
• Bicyclus martius sanaos (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
• Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus trilophus jacksoni Condamin, 1961
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
• Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
• Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
• Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
• Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
• Heteropsis peitho reducta (Libert, 2006)
• Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
• Ypthima antennata van Son, 1955
• Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
• Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
• Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
• Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
• Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
• Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes protoclea nothodes Jordan, 1911
• Charaxes boueti rectans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Charaxes cynthia kinduana Le Cerf, 1923
• Charaxes cynthia parvicaudatus Lathy, 1925
• Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
• Charaxes saturnus Butler, 1865
• Charaxes epijasius
• Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
• Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932
• Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914
• Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis Lathy, 1925
• Charaxes eudoxus cabacus Jordan, 1925
• Charaxes eudoxus katerae Carpenter, 1937
• Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes numenes aequatorialis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
• Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes smaragdalis caerulea Jackson, 1951
• Charaxes smaragdalis elgonae van Someren, 1964
• Charaxes smaragdalis metu van Someren, 1964
• Charaxes smaragdalis toro van Someren, 1964
• Charaxes xiphares burgessi van Son, 1953
• Charaxes imperialis ugandicus van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes pythodoris Hewitson, 1873
• Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871
• Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873
• Charaxes fournierae kigeziensis Howarth, 1969
• Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
• Charaxes etesipe etesipe (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes etesipe hercules Turlin & Lequeux, 2002
• Charaxes achaemenes monticola van Someren, 1970
• Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis Carpenter, 1937
• Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Charaxes subornatus minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974
• Charaxes montis Jackson, 1956
• Charaxes anticlea adusta Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes baumanni bwamba van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes baumanni didingensis van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes baumanni interposita van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909
• Charaxes hildebrandti hildebrandti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Charaxes hildebrandti katangensis Talbot, 1928
• Charaxes virilis lenis Henning, 1989
• Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes etheocles carpenteri van Someren & Jackson, 1957
• Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969
• Charaxes cedreatis Hewitson, 1874
• Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
• Charaxes viola picta van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes kirki suk Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
• Charaxes pleione bebra Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes paphianus subpallida Joicey & Talbot, 1925
• Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882
• Charaxes zoolina zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
• Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
• Charaxes nichetes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883
• Charaxes nichetes ssese Turlin & Lequeux, 2002
• Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana Plantrou, 1978
• Charaxes zelica depuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Charaxes porthos dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922
• Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991

Euxanthini

• Euxanthe eurinome ansellica (Butler, 1870)
• Euxanthe eurinome birbirica Ungemach, 1932
• Euxanthe crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)
• Euxanthe crossleyi magnifica (Rebel, 1914)
• Euxanthe trajanus vansomereni (Poulton, 1929)

Pallini

• Palla ussheri interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1925
• Palla violinitens bwamba van Someren, 1975

Apaturinae

• Apaturopsis cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)

Nymphalinae

• Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)
• Vanessula milca latifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1928

Nymphalini

• Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
• Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
• Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
• Vanessa abyssinica vansomereni Howarth, 1966
• Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Junonia schmiedeli (Fiedler, 1920)
• Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
• Junonia gregorii Butler, 1896
• Junonia terea tereoides (Butler, 1901)
• Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
• Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
• Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Protogoniomorpha temora (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Precis actia Distant, 1880
• Precis archesia ugandensis (McLeod, 1980)
• Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
• Precis coelestina Dewitz, 1879
• Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909
• Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
• Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
• Precis rauana rauana (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Precis rauana silvicola Schultz, 1916
• Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
• Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
• Hypolimnas bartelotti Grose-Smith, 1890
• Hypolimnas dinarcha grandis Rothschild, 1918
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Hypolimnas monteironis major Rothschild, 1918
• Hypolimnas salmacis salmacis (Drury, 1773)
• Hypolimnas salmacis magnifica Rothschild, 1918
• Mallika jacksoni (Sharpe, 1896)

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

• Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
• Mesoxantha ethosea reducta Rothschild, 1918
• Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)
• Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
• Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
• Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

Epicaliini

• Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
• Sevenia garega (Karsch, 1892)
• Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
• Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
• Cymothoe beckeri theodosia Staudinger, 1890
• Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
• Cymothoe distincta kivuensis Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe confusa Aurivillius, 1887
• Cymothoe haynae diphyia Karsch, 1894
• Cymothoe herminia johnstoni (Butler, 1902)
• Cymothoe hobarti Butler, 1900
• Cymothoe indamora amorinda van Someren, 1939
• Cymothoe jodutta mostinckxi Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe lurida butleri Grünberg, 1908
• Cymothoe lurida tristis Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe ochreata Grose-Smith, 1890
• Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae Holland, 1920
• Kumothales inexpectata Overlaet, 1940
• Pseudoneptis bugandensis bugandensis Stoneham, 1935
• Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
• Pseudacraea clarkii Butler & Rothschild, 1892
• Pseudacraea deludens echerioides Talbot, 1941
• Pseudacraea deludens terrena Jackson, 1956
• Pseudacraea dolomena albostriata Lathy, 1906
• Pseudacraea dolomena elgonensis Jackson, 1951
• Pseudacraea dolomena kayonza Jackson, 1956
• Pseudacraea rubrobasalis Aurivillius, 1903
• Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea kuenowii burgessi Jackson, 1951
• Pseudacraea kuenowii hypoxantha Jordan, 1911
• Pseudacraea kuenowii kigezi Jackson, 1956
• Pseudacraea lucretia protracta (Butler, 1874)
• Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)
• Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

Neptidini

• Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996
• Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis carpenteri d'Abrera, 1980
• Neptis clarei Neave, 1904
• Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
• Neptis constantiae Carcasson, 1961
• Neptis angusta Condamin, 1966
• Neptis continuata Holland, 1892
• Neptis exaleuca suffusa Rothschild, 1918
• Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914
• Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
• Neptis metanira Holland, 1892
• Neptis metella metella (Doubleday, 1848)
• Neptis metella flavimacula Jackson, 1951
• Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis nemetes nemetes Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis nemetes margueriteae Fox, 1968
• Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
• Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
• Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
• Neptis ochracea ochracea Neave, 1904
• Neptis ochracea ochreata Gaede, 1915
• Neptis poultoni Eltringham, 1921
• Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
• Neptis seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1895
• Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996
• Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912
• Neptis woodwardi Sharpe, 1899

Adoliadini

• Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
• Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935
• Euryphura plautilla (Hewitson, 1865)
• Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
• Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909
• Cynandra opis bernardii Lagnel, 1967
• Euriphene amaranta (Karsch, 1894)
• Euriphene atossa australis d'Abrera, 1980
• Euriphene barombina (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Euriphene butleri (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Euriphene conjungens chalybeata (Talbot, 1937)
• Euriphene excelsior (Rebel, 1911)
• Euriphene jacksoni (Talbot, 1937)
• Euriphene obsoleta (Grünberg, 1908)
• Euriphene ribensis (Ward, 1871)
• Euriphene saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
• Euriphene tadema nigropunctata (Aurivillius, 1901)
• Euriphene doriclea (Drury, 1782)
• Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
• Bebearia absolon entebbiae (Lathy, 1906)
• Bebearia zonara (Butler, 1871)
• Bebearia mandinga beni Hecq, 1990
• Bebearia oxione squalida (Talbot, 1928)
• Bebearia abesa pandera Hecq, 1988
• Bebearia partita (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Bebearia barce maculata (Aurivillius, 1912)
• Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
• Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939)
• Bebearia sophus audeoudi (Riley, 1936)
• Bebearia plistonax (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bebearia brunhilda brunhilda (Kirby, 1889)
• Bebearia brunhilda iturina (Karsch, 1894)
• Bebearia laetitioides (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Bebearia laetitia (Plötz, 1880)
• Bebearia flaminia (Staudinger, 1891)
• Bebearia phantasiella simulata (van Someren, 1939)
• Bebearia aurora kayonza (Jackson, 1956)
• Bebearia chloeropis (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Euphaedra medon fraudata van Someren, 1935
• Euphaedra medon inaequabilis Thurau, 1904
• Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
• Euphaedra christyi Sharpe, 1904 (endemic)
• Euphaedra hewitsoni angusta Hecq, 1974
• Euphaedra hollandi Hecq, 1974
• Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
• Euphaedra caerulescens Grose-Smith, 1890
• Euphaedra imitans Holland, 1893
• Euphaedra eberti hamus Berger, 1940
• Euphaedra viridicaerulea nitidula van Someren, 1935
• Euphaedra uganda Aurivillius, 1895
• Euphaedra preussi Staudinger, 1891
• Euphaedra vicina Hecq, 1984
• Euphaedra procera Hecq, 1984
• Euphaedra margueriteae Hecq, 1978
• Euphaedra olivacea Grünberg, 1908 (endemic)
• Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
• Euphaedra eleus (Drury, 1782)
• Euphaedra alacris Hecq, 1978
• Euphaedra rattrayi Sharpe, 1904
• Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
• Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra harpalyce spatiosa (Mabille, 1876)
• Euphaedra harpalyce sudanensis Talbot, 1929
• Euphaedra rex Stoneham, 1935
• Euptera elabontas mweruensis Neave, 1910
• Euptera hirundo hirundo Staudinger, 1891
• Euptera hirundo lufirensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Euptera pluto primitiva Hancock, 1984
• Pseudathyma cyrili Chovet, 2002
• Pseudathyma neptidina Karsch, 1894
• Pseudathyma nzoia van Someren, 1939
• Pseudathyma plutonica Butler, 1902

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea cerasa cerita Sharpe, 1906
• Acraea kraka pallida Carpenter, 1932
• Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
• Acraea eugenia Karsch, 1893
• Acraea hamata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
• Acraea insignis Distant, 1880
• Acraea leucographa Ribbe, 1889
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea rudolfi Eltringham, 1929
• Acraea abdera Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea cepheus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
• Acraea guluensis Le Doux, 1932
• Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
• Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
• Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea doubledayi Guérin-Méneville, 1849
• Acraea equatorialis Neave, 1904
• Acraea leucopyga Aurivillius, 1904
• Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea rogersi lankesteri Carpenter, 1941
• Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902
• Acraea aganice orientalis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Acraea aganice ugandae (van Someren, 1936)
• Acraea alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Acraea consanguinea albicolor (Karsch, 1895)
• Acraea epaea angustifasciata (d'Abrera, 1980)
• Acraea epaea lutosa (Suffert, 1904)
• Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
• Acraea formosa (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
• Acraea obliqua elgonense (Poulton, 1927)
• Acraea obliqua kivuensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
• Acraea persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
• Acraea poggei nelsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
• Acraea pseuderyta Godman & Salvin, 1890
• Acraea quadricolor latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892)
• Acraea tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910)
• Acraea tellus schubotzi (Grünberg, 1911)
• Acraea umbra hemileuca (Jordan, 1914)
• Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea alciopoides Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Acraea alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
• Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
• Acraea althoffi rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895
• Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
• Acraea ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898
• Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea burgessi Jackson, 1956
• Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
• Acraea disjuncta disjuncta Grose-Smith, 1898
• Acraea disjuncta kigeziensis Jackson, 1956
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
• Acraea grosvenori Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea humilis Sharpe, 1897
• Acraea iturina Grose-Smith, 1890
• Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
• Acraea toruna Grose-Smith, 1900
• Acraea kalinzu Carpenter, 1936
• Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
• Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea peneleos pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900
• Acraea pentapolis Ward, 1871
• Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871
• Acraea rangatana bettiana Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892
• Acraea uvui Grose-Smith, 1890
• Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
• Acraea vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890
• Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea anacreontica Grose-Smith, 1898
• Acraea wigginsi Neave, 1904
• Acraea cinerea Neave, 1904
• Acraea melanoxantha Sharpe, 1891
• Acraea ntebiae Sharpe, 1897
• Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891
• Acraea orinata Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea parrhasia servona Godart, 1819
• Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea quirinalis Grose-Smith, 1900
• Acraea semivitrea Aurivillius, 1895
• Acraea simulata Le Doux, 1923 (endemic)
• Acraea bergeri Gaede, 1915 (endemic)

Argynnini

• Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896)

Vagrantini

• Lachnoptera anticlia (Hübner, 1819)
• Phalanta eurytis eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
• Phalanta eurytis microps (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
• Coeliades keithloa menelik (Ungemach, 1932)
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Celaenorrhinus bettoni Butler, 1902
• Celaenorrhinus boadicea howarthi Berger, 1976
• Celaenorrhinus homeyeri (Plötz, 1880)
• Celaenorrhinus illustris daroa Evans, 1937
• Celaenorrhinus intermixtus evansi Berger, 1975
• Celaenorrhinus kivuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Celaenorrhinus macrostictus Holland, 1893
• Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Celaenorrhinus ovalis Evans, 1937
• Celaenorrhinus perlustris Rebel, 1914
• Celaenorrhinus proxima (Mabille, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus toro Evans, 1937 (endemic)
• Eretis buamba Evans, 1937
• Eretis camerona Evans, 1937
• Eretis herewardi Riley, 1921
• Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
• Eretis mitiana Evans, 1937
• Eretis umbra maculifera Mabille & Boullet, 1916
• Eretis vaga Evans, 1937
• Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894
• Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa brigida atra Evans, 1937
• Sarangesa brigida sanaga Miller, 1964
• Sarangesa haplopa Swinhoe, 1907
• Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
• Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956

Tagiadini

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Eagris decastigma purpura Evans, 1937
• Eagris lucetia (Hewitson, 1875)
• Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eagris sabadius astoria Holland, 1896
• Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927)
• Eagris tetrastigma (Mabille, 1891)
• Eagris tigris tigris Evans, 1937
• Eagris tigris kayonza Evans, 1956
• Calleagris hollandi (Butler, 1897)
• Calleagris lacteus (Mabille, 1877)
• Procampta rara Holland, 1892
• Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
• Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
• Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892
• Abantis contigua Evans, 1937
• Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896
• Abantis leucogaster iruma Evans, 1951
• Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis Miller, 1971
• Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)

Carcharodini

• Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
• Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
• Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
• Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
• Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)
• Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951
• Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Astictopterus punctulata (Butler, 1895)
• Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
• Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
• Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
• Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
• Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
• Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901
• Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
• Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
• Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
• Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Gorgyra bibulus Riley, 1929
• Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra kalinzu Evans, 1949
• Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra pali Evans, 1937
• Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
• Teniorhinus niger (Druce, 1910)
• Ceratrichia argyrosticta enta Evans, 1947
• Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910
• Ceratrichia brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937
• Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Ceratrichia mabirensis Riley, 1925
• Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891
• Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909
• Pardaleodes bule Holland, 1896
• Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
• Pardaleodes incerta (Snellen, 1872)
• Pardaleodes sator pusiella Mabille, 1877
• Pardaleodes tibullus torensis Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
• Xanthodisca vibius (Hewitson, 1878)
• Rhabdomantis galatia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Osmodes adonia Evans, 1937
• Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
• Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
• Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
• Osmodes hollandi Evans, 1937
• Osmodes laronia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Osmodes lux Holland, 1892
• Osmodes minchini Evans, 1937 (endemic)
• Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
• Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
• Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937
• Parosmodes onza Evans, 1956 (endemic)
• Paracleros biguttulus (Mabille, 1890)
• Paracleros sangoanus (Carcasson, 1964)
• Acleros mackenii instabilis Mabille, 1890
• Acleros neavei Evans, 1937
• Acleros nigrapex Strand, 1913
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
• Hypoleucis ophiusa ophir Evans, 1937
• Hypoleucis sophia Evans, 1937
• Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891
• Meza cybeutes (Holland, 1894)
• Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
• Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
• Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
• Paronymus xanthias kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
• Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
• Andronymus fenestrella Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Andronymus gander Evans, 1947
• Andronymus helles Evans, 1937
• Andronymus marina Evans, 1937
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Chondrolepis cynthia Evans, 1936
• Chondrolepis leggei (Heron, 1909)
• Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
• Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937
• Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
• Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
• Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
• Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925
• Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
• Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879)
• Gretna balenge (Holland, 1891)
• Gretna bugoma Evans, 1947 (endemic)
• Gretna carmen Evans, 1937
• Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
• Gretna zaremba jacksoni Evans, 1937
• Pteroteinon caenira (Hewitson, 1867)
• Pteroteinon capronnieri (Plötz, 1879)
• Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
• Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
• Pteroteinon pruna Evans, 1937
• Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
• Leona halma Evans, 1937
• Leona lissa lima Evans, 1937
• Leona luehderi luehderi (Plötz, 1879)
• Leona luehderi laura Evans, 1937
• Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896
• Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)
• Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
• Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
• Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
• Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
• Monza punctata crola Evans, 1937
• Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
• Melphina noctula (Druce, 1909)
• Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
• Fresna carlo Evans, 1937
• Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
• Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
• Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches fosta Evans, 1937
• Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
• Platylesches lamba Neave, 1910
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
• Platylesches panga Evans, 1937
• Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
• Platylesches rasta anka Evans, 1937
• Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

Baorini

• Zenonia crasta Evans, 1937
• Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
• Borbo kaka (Evans, 1938)
• Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
• Borbo sirena (Evans, 1937)

Heteropterinae

• Metisella abdeli abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
• Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938
• Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)
• Metisella formosus nyanza Evans, 1937
• Metisella medea Evans, 1937
• Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)
• Metisella tsadicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
• Lepella lepeletier (Latreille, 1824)

See also

• List of moths of Uganda
• Wildlife of Uganda

References

1. Uganda at the African Butterfly Database
2. Endemic butterflies of Uganda at Afrotropical Butterflies

• 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)