List of butterflies of the Gambia

Last updated March 13, 2022

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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]

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)

Poritiinae

Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)

Aphnaeinae

Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)

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)
Freyeria 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)

References

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[1] African Butterfly Database

[2] Endemic butterflies of the Gambia at Afrotropical Butterflies

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