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List of butterflies of Niger

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List of butterflies of Niger

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Location of Niger

This is a list of butterflies of Niger. About 54 species are known from Niger, none of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

  • Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

Leptocercini

  • Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

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

Pierinae

  • Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
  • Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Colotis celimene angusi Rothschild, 1921
  • Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
  • Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
  • Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
  • Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)

Pierini

  • Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
  • Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
  • Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
  • Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

Lycaenidae

Aphnaeinae

  • Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
  • Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

Theclinae

  • Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
  • Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

  • Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)

Polyommatini

  • Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
  • Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
  • Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
  • Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
  • Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
  • Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
  • Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
  • Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
  • Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

  • Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

  • Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini

  • Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982

Charaxinae

Charaxini

  • Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
  • Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
  • Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

  • Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Limenitinae

Adoliadini

  • Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

  • Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

  • Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

  • Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Carcharodini

  • Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

  • Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)

References

References

  1. [https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Niger?oid=50 Niger at the African Butterfly Database]
  2. [http://atbutterflies.com/niger.htm Afrotropical Butterflies]
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