List of butterflies of the Gambia

Location of the Gambia

About 173 species of butterfly are known from the Gambia, ^[1] none of which are thought to be endemic. ^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843

Leptocercini

• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

• Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
• Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
• Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
• Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
• Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])

Pierini

• Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
• Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
• Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
• Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Miletini

• Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
• Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890
• Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)

Poritiinae

• Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)

Aphnaeinae

• Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
• Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
• Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

• Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)

Theclini

• Hypolycaena condamini Stempffer, 1956
• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
• Iolaus menas Druce, 1890
• Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890
• Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
• Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
• Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis Libert, 2004
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
• Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
• Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
• Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

Polyommatini

• Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
• Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
• Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
• Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini

• Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
• Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
• Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
• Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima vuattouxi Kielland, 1982
• Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
• Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes cynthia Butler, 1866
• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970
• Charaxes viola Butler, 1866

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
• Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793)
• Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
• Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
• Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894

Limenitinae

Neptidini

• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

Adoliadini

• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
• Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
• Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
• Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
• Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea umbra carpenteri (Le Doux, 1937)
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
• Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

Vagrantini

• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
• Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
• Sarangesa tricerata (Mabille, 1891)

Tagiadini

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901

Carcharodini

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

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
• Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
• Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
• Zophopetes quaternata (Mabille, 1876)
• Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
• Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
• Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)
• Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
• Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)

Baorini

• Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
• Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
• Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
• Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
• Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
• Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)
• Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

See also

• List of moths of the Gambia
• Wildlife of the Gambia
• Geography of the Gambia
• Guinean forest-savanna mosaic

References

1. African Butterfly Database
2. Endemic butterflies of the Gambia 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)