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List of butterflies of the Comoros

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List of butterflies of the Comoros

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Location of the Comoros

This is a list of butterflies of the Comoro Islands. About 88 species are known from the Comoros, 19 of which are endemic.

This is a list of butterfly species which have been recorded on the Comoros and on Mayotte, which is geographically part of the Comoro Islands.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

  • Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897 (endemic)
  • Papilio dardanus humbloti Oberthür, 1888
  • Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
  • Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudi Turlin & Guilbot, 1990
  • Papilio epiphorbas praedicta Turlin & Guilbot, 1990

Leptocercini

  • Graphium evombar viossati Collins, 1997
  • Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
  • Graphium levassori (Oberthür, 1886) (endemic)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

  • Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Eurema desjardinsii (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Eurema floricola anjuana (Butler, 1879)
  • Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

  • Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
  • Colotis evanthe (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896)

Pierini

  • Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
  • Appias sabina comorensis Talbot, 1943
  • Mylothris humbloti (Oberthür, 1888) (endemic)
  • Mylothris ngaziya (Oberthür, 1888) (endemic)
  • Belenois creona elisa (van Vollenhoven, 1869)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Theclini

  • Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)
  • Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

  • Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
  • Leptotes casca (Tite, 1958) (endemic)
  • Leptotes mayottensis (Tite, 1958) (endemic)
  • Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
  • Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
  • Azanus sitalces mayotti d'Abrera, 1980
  • Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1995 (endemic)
  • Eicochrysops sanguigutta (Mabille, 1879)
  • Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

  • Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
  • Amauris comorana Oberthür, 1897 (endemic)
  • Amauris nossima (Ward, 1870)
  • Amauris ochlea affinis Aurivillius, 1911
  • Amauris ochlea moya Turlin, 1994

Satyrinae

Melanitini

  • Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

  • Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
  • Heteropsis comorana comorana (Oberthür, 1916) (endemic)
  • Heteropsis comorana subrufa (Turlin, 1994) (endemic)
  • Heteropsis narcissus fraterna (Butler, 1868)
  • Heteropsis narcissus comorensis (Oberthür, 1916)
  • Heteropsis narcissus salimi (Turlin, 1994)
  • Heteropsis narcissus mayottensis (Oberthür, 1916)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

  • Charaxes saperanus Poulton, 1926 (endemic)
  • Charaxes castor comoranus Rothschild, 1903
  • Charaxes paradoxa Lathy, 1925 (endemic)
  • Charaxes nicati Canu, 1991 (endemic)
  • Charaxes viossati Canu, 1991 (endemic)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

  • Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Salamis humbloti Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
  • Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Vanessa dimorphica comoroica (Howarth, 1966)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

  • Byblia anvatara (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Eurytela dryope lineata Aurivillius, 1899

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

  • Pseudacraea imerina anjouana Collins, 1991
  • Pseudacraea lucretia comorana Oberthür, 1890
  • Pseudacraea lucretia karthalae Collins, 1991

Neptidini

  • Neptis comorarum comorarum Oberthür, 1890 (endemic)
  • Neptis comorarum legrandi Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
  • Neptis cormilloti Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
  • Neptis mayottensis Oberthür, 1890 (endemic)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

  • Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Acraea dammii van Vollenhoven, 1869
  • Acraea igati Boisduval, 1833
  • Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, 1833
  • Acraea lia Mabille, 1879
  • Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
  • Acraea masaris masaris Oberthür, 1893 (endemic)
  • Acraea masaris jodina Pierre, 1992 (endemic)
  • Acraea comor Pierre, 1992 (endemic)

Vagrantini

  • Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
  • Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

  • Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  • Coeliades ramanatek comorana Evans, 1937

Pyrginae

Tagiadini

  • Tagiades insularis grandis Evans, 1937
  • Tagiades insularis mayotta Evans, 1937
  • Tagiades samborana rana Evans, 1937
  • Eagris sabadius comorana Evans, 1937
  • Eagris sabadius isabella Turlin, 1995

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

  • Artitropa erinnys comorarum Oberthür, 1916

Baorini

  • Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Borbo fatuellus dolens (Mabille, 1898)
  • Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)

References

References

  1. [https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Comoros?oid=42 The Comoros at the African Butterfly Database]
  2. [http://atbutterflies.com/comoros.htm Endemic butterflies of the Comoros at Afrotropical Butterflies]
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