List of butterflies of the Gambia Contents Papilionidae Pieridae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Hesperiidae See also References Navigation menuAfrican Butterfly DatabaseEndemic butterflies of the Gambia at Afrotropical ButterfliesSeitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. PlatesSeitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Texte

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This is a list of butterflies of the Gambia. About 173 species are known from Gambia[1] none of which are thought to be endemic.[2]




Contents





  • 1 Papilionidae

    • 1.1 Papilioninae

      • 1.1.1 Papilionini


      • 1.1.2 Leptocercini




  • 2 Pieridae

    • 2.1 Coliadinae


    • 2.2 Pierinae

      • 2.2.1 Pierini




  • 3 Lycaenidae

    • 3.1 Miletinae

      • 3.1.1 Miletini



    • 3.2 Lipteninae

      • 3.2.1 Epitolini



    • 3.3 Theclinae

      • 3.3.1 Aphnaeini


      • 3.3.2 Theclini



    • 3.4 Polyommatinae

      • 3.4.1 Lycaenesthini


      • 3.4.2 Polyommatini




  • 4 Nymphalidae

    • 4.1 Danainae

      • 4.1.1 Danaini



    • 4.2 Satyrinae

      • 4.2.1 Melanitini


      • 4.2.2 Satyrini



    • 4.3 Charaxinae

      • 4.3.1 Charaxini



    • 4.4 Nymphalinae

      • 4.4.1 Nymphalini



    • 4.5 Biblidinae

      • 4.5.1 Biblidini



    • 4.6 Limenitinae

      • 4.6.1 Neptidini


      • 4.6.2 Adoliadini



    • 4.7 Heliconiinae

      • 4.7.1 Acraeini


      • 4.7.2 Vagrantini




  • 5 Hesperiidae

    • 5.1 Coeliadinae


    • 5.2 Pyrginae

      • 5.2.1 Celaenorrhinini


      • 5.2.2 Tagiadini


      • 5.2.3 Carcharodini



    • 5.3 Hesperiinae

      • 5.3.1 Aeromachini


      • 5.3.2 Baorini




  • 6 See also


  • 7 References




Papilionidae



Papilioninae



Papilionini



  • Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758


  • Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]


  • Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843


Leptocercini



  • Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)


  • Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)


Pieridae



Coliadinae



  • Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])


  • Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)


  • Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)


  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)


Pierinae



  • Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)


  • Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)


  • Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)


  • Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)


  • Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)


  • Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)


  • Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)


  • Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)


  • Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)


  • Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)


  • Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)


  • Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)


  • Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])


Pierini



  • Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])


  • Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)


  • Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829


  • Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)


  • Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])


  • Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)


  • Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)


  • Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])


  • Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)


Lycaenidae



Miletinae



Miletini



  • Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890


  • Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890


  • Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)


Lipteninae



Epitolini



  • Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)


Theclinae



  • Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)


  • Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)


Aphnaeini



  • Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)


  • Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)


  • Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)


  • Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)


  • Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)


Theclini



  • Hypolycaena condamini Stempffer, 1956


  • Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)


  • Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865


  • Iolaus menas Druce, 1890


  • Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890


  • Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)


  • Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)


  • Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis Libert, 2004


  • Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)


  • Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887


  • Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)


  • Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004


Polyommatinae



Lycaenesthini



  • Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)


  • Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)


  • Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)


  • Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)


  • Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)


Polyommatini



  • Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)


  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)


  • Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)


  • Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)


  • Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)


  • Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)


  • 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 moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)


  • Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)


  • Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)


  • Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)


  • Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)


  • Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)


  • Chilades trochylus (Freyer, [1843])


  • Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])


Nymphalidae



Danainae



Danaini



  • Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)


  • Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)


Satyrinae



Melanitini



  • Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)


  • Melanitis libya Distant, 1882


Satyrini



  • Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)


  • Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)


  • Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)


  • Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)


  • Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)


  • Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)


  • Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)


  • Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)


  • Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982


  • Ypthima vuattouxi Kielland, 1982


  • Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)


Charaxinae



Charaxini



  • Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)


  • Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)


  • Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850


  • Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850


  • Charaxes cynthia Butler, 1866


  • Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926


  • Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850


  • Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)


  • Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970


  • 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 terea (Drury, 1773)


  • Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)


  • Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)


  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)


  • Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903


Biblidinae



Biblidini



  • Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894


Limenitinae



Neptidini



  • Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955


Adoliadini



  • Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)


  • Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)


  • Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)


  • Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)


  • Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)


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 umbra carpenteri (Le Doux, 1937)


  • Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)


  • 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 chalybe (Westwood, 1852)


  • Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])


Pyrginae



Celaenorrhinini



  • Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)


  • Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)


  • Sarangesa tricerata (Mabille, 1891)


Tagiadini



  • Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)


  • Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901


Carcharodini



  • Spialia diomus (Hopffer, 1855)


  • Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)


  • Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)


  • Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)


Hesperiinae



Aeromachini



  • Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)


  • Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937


  • Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937


  • Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890


  • Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)


  • Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)


  • Zophopetes quaternata (Mabille, 1876)


  • Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)


  • Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921


  • Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)


  • Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)


  • Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)


  • Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)


Baorini



  • Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)


  • Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)


  • Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)


  • Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)


  • Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)


  • Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)


  • Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)


  • Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)


  • Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)


  • Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)


  • Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)


  • Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)


See also


  • List of moths of the Gambia

  • Wildlife of the Gambia

  • Geography of the Gambia

  • Guinean forest-savanna mosaic


References




  1. ^ African Butterfly Database


  2. ^ Endemic butterflies of the Gambia at Afrotropical Butterflies



  • 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)







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