List of butterflies of Botswana
This is a list of butterflies of Botswana. About 252 species are known from Botswana,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Location of Botswana
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
- Papilio dardanus cenea Stoll, 1790
- Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Leptocercini
- Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
- Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
- Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
- Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
- Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
Pieridae
Coliadinae
- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
- Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
- Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763)
Pierinae
- Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
- Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857)
- Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
- Colotis celimene amina (Hewitson, 1866)
- Colotis celimene pholoe (Wallengren, 1860)
- Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
- Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
- Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)
- Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis lais (Butler, 1876)
- Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
- Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
- Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877)
- Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833)
- Colotis agoye agoye (Wallengren, 1857)
- Colotis agoye bowkeri (Trimen, 1883)
- Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823
- Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
- Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
- Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
- Nepheronia thalassina (Suffert, 1904)
Pierini
- Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
- Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
- Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944
- Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879)
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
- Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
- Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Miletini
- Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
- Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
- Thestor basutus capeneri Dickson, 1972
Poritiinae
Liptenini
- Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976
- Baliochila singularis Stempffer and Bennett, 1953
- Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898)
- Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954
Aphnaeinae
- Chloroselas mazoensis (Trimen, 1898)
- Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
- Trimenia wykehami (Dickson, 1969)
- Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
- Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
- Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
- Zeritis sorhagenii (Dewitz, 1879)
- Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
- Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
- Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973
- Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891)
- Aloeides molomo krooni Tite & Dickson, 1973
- Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
- Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893)
- Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
- Tylopaedia sardonyx (Trimen, 1868)
Theclinae
- Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
- Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
- Hemiolaus caeculus tsodiloensis (Pinhey, 1969)
- Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
- Leptomyrina henningi Dickson, 1976
- Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
- Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
- Iolaus penningtoni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
- Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
- Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
- Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
- Stugeta bowkeri tearei Dickson, 1980
- Stugeta subinfuscata Grünberg, 1910
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
- Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
- Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
- Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
- Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
- Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
- Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893)
- Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
- Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
- Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
Polyommatini
- Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
- Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
- Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
- Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
- Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
- Harpendyreus notoba (Trimen, 1868)
- Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
- Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855)
- Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
- Tarucus sybaris linearis (Aurivillius, 1924)
- Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
- Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860)
- Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868)
- Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
- Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
- Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
- Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
- Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
- Euchrysops dolorosa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
- Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
- Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
- Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
- Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
- Lepidochrysops longifalces Tite, 1961
- Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
- Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)
- Lepidochrysops rossouwi Henning & Henning, 1994
- Lepidochrysops vansoni (Swanepoel, 1949)
Nymphalidae
Libytheinae
- Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879
Danainae
Danaini
- Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
- Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
- Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890)
Satyrinae
Melanitini
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
- Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
- Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
- Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
- Ypthima antennata (van Son, 1955)
- Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
- Ypthima granulosa (Butler, 1883)
- Ypthima impura paupera (Ungemach, 1932)
- Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
- Coenyropsis natalii (Boisduval, 1847)
- Physcaeneura panda (Boisduval, 1847)
Charaxinae
Charaxini
- Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
- Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
- Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
- Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
- Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
- Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
- Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
- Charaxes jahlusa rex Henning, 1978
- Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
- Charaxes vansoni van Someren, 1975
- Charaxes brainei van Son, 1966
- Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
- Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
- Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
- Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
- Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
- Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
- Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
- Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
- Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)
Biblidinae
Biblidini
- Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
- Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
- Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
Epicaliini
- Sevenia amulia intermedia (Carcasson, 1961)
- Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)
Limenitinae
Limenitidini
- Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
- Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)
Neptidini
- Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
- Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
- Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955
- Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
Adoliadini
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconiinae
Acraeini
- Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
- Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
- Acraea barberi Trimen, 1881
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
- Acraea trimeni Aurivillius, 1899
- Acraea acrita ambigua Trimen, 1891
- Acraea atolmis Westwood, 1881
- Acraea nohara Boisduval, 1847
- Acraea aglaonice Westwood, 1881
- Acraea atergatis Westwood, 1881
- Acraea axina Westwood, 1881
- Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877
- Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
- Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
- Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
- Acraea stenobea Wallengren, 1860
- Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
- Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
- Acraea burni Butler, 1896
- Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833
Vagrantini
- Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
- Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
- Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
Pyrginae
Celaenorrhinini
- Sarangesa lucidella (Mabille, 1891)
- Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857)
- Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
- Sarangesa seineri (Strand, 1909)
Tagiadini
- Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Calleagris jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
- Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857
- Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
- Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
- Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
Carcharodini
- Spialia agylla (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
- Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
- Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
- Spialia depauperata australis de Jong, 1978
- Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
- Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
- Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
- Spialia paula (Higgins, 1924)
- Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)
Hesperiinae
Aeromachini
- Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
- Kedestes lepenula (Wallengren, 1857)
- Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
- Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
- Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
- Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
- Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)
- Platylesches ayresii (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
Baorini
- Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
- Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
- Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
- Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
- Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
- Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
- Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
- Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
- Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
- Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)
Heteropterinae
- Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
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