List of butterflies of Senegal

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Location of Senegal

This is a list of butterflies of Senegal. About 297 species are known from Senegal,[1] one 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[]

Pieridae[]

Coliadinae[]

Pierinae[]

Pierini[]

  • Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
  • Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
  • Mylothris aburi Larsen & Collins, 2003
  • 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)

Lycaenidae[]

Miletinae[]

Liphyrini[]

Miletini[]

Poritiinae[]

Liptenini[]

Epitolini[]

  • Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)

Aphnaeinae[]

  • Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)
  • Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
  • Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
  • Axiocerses harpax harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
  • Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
  • Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903
  • Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae[]

Polyommatinae[]

Lycaenesthini[]

Polyommatini[]

Nymphalidae[]

Danainae[]

Danaini[]

Satyrinae[]

Elymniini[]

  • Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

Melanitini[]

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

Satyrini[]

Charaxinae[]

Charaxini[]

Euxanthini[]

  • Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)

Pallini[]

Nymphalinae[]

Nymphalini[]

  • Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
  • 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)
  • Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
  • Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
  • Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Cyrestinae[]

Cyrestini[]

Biblidinae[]

Biblidini[]

Limenitinae[]

Limenitidini[]

Neptidini[]

Adoliadini[]

Heliconiinae[]

Acraeini[]

Vagrantini[]

  • Lachnoptera anticlia (Hübner, 1819)
  • Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae[]

Coeliadinae[]

Pyrginae[]

Celaenorrhinini[]

Tagiadini[]

Carcharodini[]

Hesperiinae[]

Aeromachini[]

Baorini[]

See also[]

References[]

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