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List of butterflies of Uganda

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List of butterflies of Uganda

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Location of Uganda

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

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)

References

References

  1. [https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Uganda?oid=21 Uganda at the African Butterfly Database]
  2. [http://atbutterflies.com/uganda.htm Endemic butterflies of Uganda at Afrotropical Butterflies]
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