List of butterflies of Mozambique

This is a list of butterflies of Mozambique. About 433 species are known from Mozambique,^[1] three of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae[]

Papilioninae[]

Papilionini[]

• Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
• Papilio dardanus cenea Stoll, 1790
• Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio echerioides chirindanus van Son, 1956
• Papilio ophidicephalus chirinda van Son, 1939

Leptocercini[]

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium junodi (Trimen, 1893)
• Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
• Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
• Graphium endochus (Boisduval, 1836)
• Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium philonoe (Ward, 1873)

Pieridae[]

Coliadinae[]

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
• Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
• 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 danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
• Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
• Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis eunoma (Hopffer, 1855)
• Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis evenina evenina (Wallengren, 1857)
• Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
• Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
• Colotis vesta argillaceus (Butler, 1877)
• Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877)
• Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833)
• Colotis agoye (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823
• Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
• Nepheronia argia mhondana (Suffert, 1904)
• Nepheronia argia variegata Henning, 1994
• Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
• Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959

Pierini[]

• Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
• Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
• Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
• Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
• Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879)
• Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921
• Mylothris sagala umtaliana d'Abrera, 1980
• Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897
• Dixeia charina charina (Boisduval, 1836)
• Dixeia charina simana (Hopffer, 1855)
• Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943
• Dixeia leucophanes Vári, 1976
• Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
• Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
• Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
• Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
• Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)

Lycaenidae[]

Miletinae[]

Liphyrini[]

• Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899

Miletini[]

• Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
• Lachnocnema brimoides Libert, 1996

Poritiinae[]

Liptenini[]

• Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877
• Pentila swynnertoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
• Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994
• Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
• Teriomima puella Kirby, 1887
• Teriomima puellaris (Trimen, 1894)
• Teriomima williami Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Teriomima parva Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Euthecta cooksoni Bennett, 1954
• Baliochila aslanga (Trimen, 1873)
• Baliochila barnesi Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898)
• Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954

Epitolini[]

• Cephetola australis Libert, 1999 (endemic)
• Deloneura millari dondoensis Pennington, 1953
• Deloneura sheppardi Stevenson, 1934

Aphnaeinae[]

• Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916)
• Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
• Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
• Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
• Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
• Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
• Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
• Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
• Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
• Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
• Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996
• Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
• Axiocerses punicea cruenta (Trimen, 1894)
• Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857)
• Aloeides damarensis mashona Tite & Dickson, 1973
• Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
• Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius, 1909
• Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

Theclinae[]

• Myrina dermaptera (Wallengren, 1857)
• Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
• Hypolycaena buxtoni Hewitson, 1874
• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Hypolycaena tearei Henning, 1981
• Hemiolaus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
• Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
• Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
• Iolaus bakeri (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
• Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
• Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
• Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
• Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
• Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
• Iolaus poultoni (Riley, 1928)
• Stugeta bowkeri tearei Dickson, 1980
• Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
• Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
• Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
• Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966

Polyommatinae[]

Lycaenesthini[]

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
• Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
• Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
• Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
• Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940

Polyommatini[]

• Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
• Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
• Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
• Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
• Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
• Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
• Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
• Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
• Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
• Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
• Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
• Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855)
• Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860)
• Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
• Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
• Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
• Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
• Euchrysops dolorosa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
• Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
• Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
• Lepidochrysops aethiopia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops delicata (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops intermedia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
• Lepidochrysops neavei (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
• Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)

Nymphalidae[]

Libytheinae[]

• Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

Danainae[]

Danaini[]

• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
• Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
• Amauris albimaculata albimaculata Butler, 1875
• Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941
• Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890)
• Amauris ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)

Satyrinae[]

Melanitini[]

• Gnophodes betsimena diversa (Butler, 1880)
• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini[]

• Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895)
• Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
• Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
• Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
• Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
• Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
• Ypthima antennata van Son, 1955
• Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
• Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
• Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
• Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
• Coenyra hebe (Trimen, 1862)
• Physcaeneura panda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Physcaeneura pione Godman, 1880
• Pseudonympha cyclops van Son, 1955
• Stygionympha wichgrafi lannini van Son, 1966

Charaxinae[]

Charaxini[]

• Charaxes varanes varanes (Cramer, 1777)
• Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
• Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
• Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
• Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
• Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
• Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
• Charaxes pollux gazanus van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes druceanus stevensoni van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
• Charaxes cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859
• Charaxes violetta violetta Grose-Smith, 1885
• Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963
• Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
• Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
• Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
• Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894
• Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes pseudophaeus van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes manica Trimen, 1894
• Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
• Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
• Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
• Charaxes nichetes leoninus Butler, 1895

Euxanthini[]

• Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)

Apaturinae[]

• Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921

Nymphalinae[]

Nymphalini[]

• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
• Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
• Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
• Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
• Salamis cacta eileenae Henning & Joannou, 1994
• Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Precis actia Distant, 1880
• Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
• Precis cuama (Hewitson, 1864)
• Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
• Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
• Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857)
• Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Cyrestinae[]

Cyrestini[]

• Cyrestis camillus sublineata Lathy, 1901

Biblidinae[]

Biblidini[]

• Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
• Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
• Mesoxantha ethosea reducta Rothschild, 1918
• Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
• Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
• Eurytela hiarbas lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Epicaliini[]

• Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
• Sevenia garega (Karsch, 1892)
• Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
• Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
• Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

Limenitinae[]

Limenitidini[]

• Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
• Cymothoe vumbui Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
• Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)

Neptidini[]

• Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis carcassoni Van Son, 1959
• Neptis goochii Trimen, 1879
• Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis penningtoni van Son, 1977
• Neptis saclava marpessa Hopffer, 1855
• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis swynnertoni Trimen, 1912
• Neptis trigonophora Butler, 1878

Adoliadini[]

• Euryphura concordia (Hopffer, 1855)
• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
• Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855
• Bebearia orientis malawiensis Holmes, 2001
• Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
• Euphaedra neophron (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Heliconiinae[]

Acraeini[]

• Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861
• Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea boopis Wichgraf, 1914
• Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
• Acraea insignis gorongozae van Son, 1963
• Acraea machequena Grose-Smith, 1887
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea rabbaiae rabbaiae Ward, 1873
• Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996
• Acraea satis Ward, 1871
• Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea asema Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea dondoensis Stevenson, 1934 (endemic)
• Acraea egina areca Mabille, 1889
• Acraea nohara Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea violarum Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea aglaonice Westwood, 1881
• Acraea axina Westwood, 1881
• Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
• Acraea aganice Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
• Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
• Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
• Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
• Acraea burni Butler, 1896
• Acraea pentapolis epidica Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Holland, 1892
• Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833
• Acraea conradti Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea igola Trimen & Bowker, 1889
• Pardopsis punctatissima (Boisduval, 1833)

Vagrantini[]

• Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae[]

Coeliadinae[]

• Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
• Coeliades lorenzo Evans, 1947
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyrginae[]

Celaenorrhinini[]

• Celaenorrhinus bettoni Butler, 1902
• Celaenorrhinus mokeezi separata (Strand, 1911)
• Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
• Eretis umbra nox (Neave, 1910)
• Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
• Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857)
• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
• Sarangesa ruona Evans, 1937
• Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909

Tagiadini[]

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
• Calleagris jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
• Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857
• Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
• Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
• Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994
• Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
• Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
• Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889
• Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

Carcharodini[]

• Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
• Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Spialia confusa Evans, 1937
• Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
• Spialia depauperata depauperata (Strand, 1911)
• Spialia depauperata australis de Jong, 1978
• Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
• Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
• Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Hesperiinae[]

Aeromachini[]

• Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894)
• Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
• Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
• Kedestes macomo (Trimen, 1862)
• Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
• Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
• Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
• Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896
• Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
• Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
• Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
• Acleros mackenii (Trimen, 1868)
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Moltena fiara (Butler, 1870)
• Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
• Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)
• Artitropa erinnys (Trimen, 1862)
• Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
• Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
• Platylesches ayresii (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
• Platylesches neba (Hewitson, 1877)
• Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
• Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910
• Platylesches shona Evans, 1937

Baorini[]

• Zenonia zeno (Trimen, 1864)
• Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
• Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
• Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo detecta (Trimen, 1893)
• Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
• Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo ferruginea dondo Evans, 1956
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
• Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
• Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
• Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
• Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

Heteropterinae[]

• Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
• Metisella aegipan inyanga Evans, 1956
• Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937
• Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
• Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870)

See also[]

• List of moths of Mozambique
• Wildlife of Mozambique

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)