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List of butterflies of Burkina Faso

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List of butterflies of Burkina Faso

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Location of Burkina Faso

This is a list of butterflies of Burkina Faso. About 156 species are known from Burkina Faso, none of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

  • Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
  • Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
  • Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874

Leptocercini

  • Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
  • Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

  • Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

  • Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
  • Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)

Pierini

  • Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
  • Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Dixeia doxo (Godart, 1819)
  • Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
  • Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
  • Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
  • Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
  • Belenois subeida (Felder & Felder, 1865)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Miletini

  • Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996

Aphnaeinae

  • Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
  • Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
  • Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
  • Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903

Theclinae

  • Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
  • Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
  • Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
  • Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905
  • Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
  • Iolaus menas Druce, 1890
  • Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
  • Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
  • Stugeta marmoreus (Butler, 1866)
  • Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
  • Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
  • Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

  • Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
  • Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
  • Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
  • Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
  • Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
  • Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
  • Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
  • Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)

Polyommatini

  • Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
  • Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
  • Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
  • Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
  • Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
  • Tarucus kiki Larsen, 1976
  • Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
  • 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 mirza (Plötz, 1880)
  • Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
  • Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
  • Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924
  • Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
  • Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
  • Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
  • Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

  • Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
  • Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
  • Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
  • Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

  • Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

  • Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
  • Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
  • Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
  • Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
  • Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
  • Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

  • Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
  • Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
  • Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
  • Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
  • Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978
  • Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
  • Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
  • Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
  • Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
  • Charaxes northcotti Rothschild, 1899

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 ceryne ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 190
  • Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
  • Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Biblidinae

Biblidini

  • Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
  • Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

Epicaliini

  • Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

Limenitinae

Neptidini

  • Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
  • Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868

Adoliadini

  • Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Euphaedra laguerrei Hecq, 1979

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 vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
  • 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 forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  • Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyrginae

Tagiadini

  • Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
  • Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901

Carcharodini

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

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

  • Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
  • Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
  • Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

Baorini

  • Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
  • Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
  • Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
  • Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

References

References

  1. [http://abdb-africa.org/alienPORT.al?shopid=afrobut&language_code=en&ewtarget0=0c&ewcateg0=15&oid=26 African Butterfly Database]
  2. [http://atbutterflies.com/burkinafaso.htm Afrotropical Butterflies]
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