List of butterflies of Burkina Faso

This is a list of butterflies of Burkina Faso. About 156 species are known from Burkina Faso,^[1] none of which are endemic.^[2]

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)

See also[]

• Geography of Burkina Faso
• Guinean forest-savanna mosaic

References[]

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Text (in German)