List of butterflies of Guinea-Bissau

This is a list of butterflies of Guinea-Bissau. About 154 species are known from Guinea-Bissau,^[1] none of which is endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae[]

Papilioninae[]

Papilionini[]

• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

Leptocercini[]

• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

Pieridae[]

Coliadinae[]

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

Pierinae[]

• Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
• Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)

Pierini[]

• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
• Belenois hedyle ianthe (Doubleday, 1842)

Lycaenidae[]

Miletinae[]

Miletini[]

• Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
• Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890

Poritiinae[]

Liptenini[]

• Liptena ferrymani bissau Collins & Larsen, 2003
• Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Eresina maesseni Stempffer, 1956

Epitolini[]

• Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)

Aphnaeinae[]

• Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
• Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae[]

• Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
• Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
• Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
• Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
• Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
• Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
• Paradeudorix eleala parallela (Collins & Larsen, 2000)
• Paradeudorix eleala cufadana (Mendes & De Sousa, 2003)
• Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004

Polyommatinae[]

Lycaenesthini[]

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
• Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Polyommatini[]

• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
• Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)

Nymphalidae[]

Danainae[]

Danaini[]

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrinae[]

Melanitini[]

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini[]

• Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
• Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
• Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
• Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
• Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
• Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

Charaxinae[]

Charaxini[]

• Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
• Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
• Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)
• Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874
• Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
• Charaxes viola Butler, 1866

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 stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
• Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
• Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Biblidinae[]

Biblidini[]

• Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894

Limenitinae[]

Limenitidini[]

• Cymothoe mabillei Overlaet, 1944
• Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])

Neptidini[]

• Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
• Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
• Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

Adoliadini[]

• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
• Euriphene ampedusa (Hewitson, 1866)
• Euriphene gambiae Feisthamel, 1850
• Bebearia cocalia (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
• Bebearia sophus phreone (Feisthamel, 1850)
• Bebearia phantasina ultima Hecq, 1990
• Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
• Euphaedra hastiri Hecq, 1981
• Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra inanum (Butler, 1873)
• Euphaedra villiersi Condamin, 1964
• Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)

Heliconiinae[]

Acraeini[]

• Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
• Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865
• Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
• Acraea umbra carpenteri (Le Doux, 1937)
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• 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[]

Celaenorrhinini[]

• Sarangesa brigida (Plötz, 1879)

Tagiadini[]

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)

Carcharodini[]

• Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977
• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Hesperiinae[]

Aeromachini[]

• Gorgyra subfacatus (Mabille, 1890)
• Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
• Xanthodisca rega (Mabille, 1890)
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
• Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
• Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
• Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)

Baorini[]

• Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
• Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
• Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)

See also[]

• Geography of Guinea-Bissau
• Wildlife of Guinea-Bissau

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)