List of butterflies of Burkina Faso

Location 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

Theclinae

Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)

Aphnaeini

Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903

Theclini

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)
Chilades 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)

References

List of butterflies of Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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