List of butterflies of Kenya
# List of butterflies of Kenya

This is a list of butterflies of Kenya. About 559 species are known from Kenya, 34 of which are endemic.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio chrapkowskii Ernst Suffert, 1904
* Papilio desmondi desmondi van Someren, 1939
* Papilio desmondi teita van Someren, 1960
* Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
* Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
* Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871
* Papilio constantinus lecerfi Koçak, 1996
* Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
* Papilio echerioides kiellandi Clifton & Collins, 1997
* Papilio echerioides nyiro Carcasson, 1962
* Papilio echerioides wertheri Karsch, 1898
* Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
* Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
* Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
* Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
* Papilio phorcas roscoei Cramer, 1775

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium kirbyi (Hewitson, 1872)
* Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
* Graphium porthaon porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
* Graphium porthaon mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Graphium philonoe philonoe (Ward, 1873)
* Graphium philonoe whalleyi (Talbot, 1929)

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)

### Pierinae

* Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
* Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis daira jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890)
* Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865)
* Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
* Colotis eunoma flotowi (Suffert, 1904)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Colotis evenina sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884)
* Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
* Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939
* Colotis hetaera hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896)
* Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
* Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)
* Colotis phisadia rothschildi (Sharpe, 1898)
* Colotis phisadia vagus d'Abrera, 1980
* Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886)
* Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
* Colotis rogersi (Dixey, 1915)
* Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
* Colotis vesta catachrysops (Butler, 1878)
* Colotis vesta hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
* Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
* Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
* Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
* Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)

**Pierini**

* Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
* Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
* Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
* Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
* Mylothris jacksoni jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
* Mylothris jacksoni cephisus Talbot, 1946
* Mylothris jacksoni sagitta Clifton, 1980
* Mylothris kilimensis Kielland, 1990
* Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris sagala narcissus Butler, 1888
* Mylothris sagala neumanni Sharpe, 1896
* Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
* Dixeia charina liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Dixeia charina pulverulenta (Dixey, 1929)
* Dixeia doxo costata Talbot, 1943
* Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900)
* Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
* Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
* Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
* Belenois margaritacea margaritacea Sharpe, 1891
* Belenois margaritacea somereni (Talbot, 1928)
* Belenois margaritacea kenyensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
* Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900
* Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921)
* Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)

## Lycaenidae

### Miletinae

**Liphyrini**

* Aslauga orientalis Cottrell, 1981
* Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

**Miletini**

* Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
* Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
* Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema dohertyi Libert, 1996

### Poritiinae

**Liptenini**

* Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Alaena johanna johanna Sharpe, 1890
* Alaena johanna tsavoa Jackson, 1966
* Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966
* Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896
* Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
* Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907)
* Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
* Pentila tropicalis chyulu van Someren, 1939
* Pentila tropicalis mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
* Ornipholidotos katangae Stempffer, 1947
* Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
* Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
* Mimacraea marshalli marshalli Trimen, 1898
* Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi Rothschild, 1901
* Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)
* Liptena kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
* Tetrarhanis ilma (Hewitson, 1873)
* Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956)
* Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
* Eresina crola Talbot, 1935
* Teriomima subpunctata Kirby, 1887
* Teriomima micra (Grose-Smith, 1898)
* Teriomima parva Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
* Baliochila dubiosa Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila minima (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
* Baliochila amanica Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila latimarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
* Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila confusa Henning & Henning, 2004
* Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila stygia Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Eresinopsides bichroma jefferyi Stempffer, 1950

**Epitolini**

* Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
* Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
* Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
* Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
* Deloneura ochrascens ochrascens (Neave, 1904)
* Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
* Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910
* Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997

### Aphnaeinae

* Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)
* Chloroselas azurea Butler, 1900
* Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
* Chloroselas minima Jackson, 1966
* Chloroselas pseudozeritis pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
* Chloroselas pseudozeritis umbrosa Jackson, 1966
* Chloroselas trembathi Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Chloroselas vansomereni Jackson, 1966
* Vansomerenia rogersi (Riley, 1932)
* Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
* Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Cigaritis nairobiensis (Sharpe, 1904)
* Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
* Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
* Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
* Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
* Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
* Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
* Axiocerses collinsi Henning & Henning, 1996
* Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
* Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides conradsi talboti Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aphnaeus coronae littoralis Carcasson, 1964
* Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954
* Aphnaeus neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926
* Aphnaeus williamsi Carcasson, 1964

### Theclinae

* Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
* Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
* Myrina subornata kacheleba d'Abrera, 1980
* Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
* Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
* Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis Stempffer, 1954
* Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
* Leptomyrina gorgias cana Talbot, 1935
* Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
* Iolaus bolissus Hewitson, 1873
* Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953
* Iolaus apatosa (Stempffer, 1952)
* Iolaus arborifera (Butler, 1901)
* Iolaus bansana Bethune-Baker, 1926
* Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
* Iolaus diametra diametra (Karsch, 1895)
* Iolaus diametra littoralis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
* Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
* Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
* Iolaus jacksoni (Stempffer, 1950)
* Iolaus mermis (Druce, 1896)
* Iolaus mimosae haemus (Talbot, 1935)
* Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895
* Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)
* Iolaus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889
* Iolaus tajoraca tajoraca Walker, 1870
* Iolaus tajoraca ertli Aurivillius, 1916
* Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
* Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
* Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980)
* Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1901)
* Iolaus crawshayi elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
* Iolaus crawshayi nyanzae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
* Iolaus maritimus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
* Iolaus poultoni (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
* Stugeta bowkeri kedonga van Someren, 1939
* Stugeta bowkeri mombasae Butler, 1901
* Stugeta bowkeri nyanzana Wichgraf, 1911
* Stugeta carpenteri Stempffer, 1946
* Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934
* Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
* Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
* Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
* Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
* Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
* Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
* Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
* Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
* Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
* Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948
* Deudorix vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
* Capys calpurnia Henning & Henning, 1988
* Capys catharus rileyi Stempffer, 1967
* Capys collinsi Henning & Henning, 1988
* Capys cupreus Henning & Henning, 1988
* Capys hermes Henning & Henning, 1988
* Capys juliae Henning & Henning, 1988
* Capys meruensis Henning & Henning, 1988

### Lycaeninae

* Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Anthene butleri butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
* Anthene butleri galla Stempffer, 1947
* Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954
* Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
* Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
* Anthene hobleyi hobleyi (Neave, 1904)
* Anthene hobleyi elgonensis (Aurivillius, 1925)
* Anthene hobleyi teita Stempffer, 1961
* Anthene hodsoni hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
* Anthene hodsoni usamba (Talbot, 1937)
* Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
* Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
* Anthene lemnos loa (Strand, 1911)
* Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
* Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
* Anthene otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902)
* Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922)
* Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
* Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
* Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
* Anthene staudingeri obsoleta (Stempffer, 1947)
* Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
* Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
* Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

**Polyommatini**

* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
* Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)
* Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
* Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
* Phlyaria cyara (Hewitson, 1876)
* Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
* Harpendyreus aequatorialis (Sharpe, 1892)
* Harpendyreus marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
* Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
* Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
* Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
* Tuxentius calice gregorii (Butler, 1894)
* Tuxentius cretosus cretosus (Butler, 1876)
* Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904)
* Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
* Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
* Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
* Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
* Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
* Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, 1824)
* Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
* Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
* Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
* Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Euchrysops horus (Stoneham, 1938)
* Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
* Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
* Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
* Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
* Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops kitale (Stempffer, 1936)
* Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
* Lepidochrysops elgonae elgonae Stempffer, 1950
* Lepidochrysops elgonae moyo van Someren, 1957
* Lepidochrysops jansei van Someren, 1957
* Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
* Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
* Lepidochrysops lukenia van Someren, 1957
* Lepidochrysops neonegus neonegus (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops neonegus borealis van Someren, 1957
* Lepidochrysops peculiaris peculiaris (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
* Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops pterou pterou (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops pterou suk van Someren, 1957
* Lepidochrysops victoriae vansomereni Stempffer, 1951

## Nymphalidae

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
* Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897
* Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936
* Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896
* Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
* Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894)
* Aphysoneura scapulifascia collinsi Kielland, 1989

**Satyrini**

* Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
* Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
* Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963
* Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910)
* Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
* Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
* Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
* Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
* Heteropsis peitho (Plötz, 1880)
* Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) - common three ring
* Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
* Ypthima jacksoni Kielland, 1982
* Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
* Ypthima rhodesiana Carcasson, 1961
* Ypthima yatta Kielland, 1982
* Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
* Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
* Neocoenyra masaica Carcasson, 1958
* Coenyropsis carcassoni Kielland, 1976
* Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Neita victoriae (Aurivillius, 1899)

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1777)
* Charaxes acuminatus kulalae van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes acuminatus oreas Talbot, 1932
* Charaxes acuminatus shimbanus van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes acuminatus teitensis van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
* Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
* Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith, 1889
* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes jasius harrisoni Sharpe, 1904
* Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
* Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
* Charaxes hansali kulalae van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
* Charaxes ansorgei jacksoni Poulton, 1933
* Charaxes ansorgei loita Plantrou, 1982
* Charaxes eudoxus amaurus Poulton, 1929
* Charaxes overlaeti Schouteden, 1934
* Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes xiphares desmondi van Someren, 1939
* Charaxes xiphares kulal van Someren, 1962
* Charaxes xiphares walwandi Collins, 1989
* Charaxes nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
* Charaxes cithaeron kennethi Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes cithaeron nairobicus van Son, 1953
* Charaxes violetta maritima van Someren, 1966
* Charaxes violetta meru van Someren, 1966
* Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
* Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
* Charaxes achaemenes monticola van Someren, 1970
* Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis Carpenter, 1937
* Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925
* Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974
* Charaxes baumanni baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891
* Charaxes baumanni bamptoni van Someren, 1974
* Charaxes baumanni nyiro Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971
* Charaxes blanda kenyae Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes ethalion littoralis van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes ethalion marsabitensis van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
* Charaxes chanleri Holland, 1896
* Charaxes kirki Butler, 1881
* Charaxes aubyni aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952
* Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957
* Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969
* Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis Poulton, 1929
* Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871
* Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

**Euxanthini**

* Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
* Charaxes tiberius tiberius (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Charaxes tiberius meruensis (van Someren, 1936)

### Nymphalinae

* Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)

**Nymphalini**

* Antanartia schaeneia (Trimen, 1879)
* Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
* Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966
* Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
* Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
* Salamis cacta cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
* Salamis cacta amaniensis Vosseler, 1907
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
* Precis actia Distant, 1880
* Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
* Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891
* Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
* Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
* Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)
* Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
* Hypolimnas usambara (Ward, 1872)

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
* Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
* Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
* Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

**Epicaliini**

* Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
* Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
* Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

### Limenitinae

**Limenitidini**

* Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892)
* Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
* Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
* Cymothoe teita van Someren, 1939
* Pseudacraea deludens echerioides Talbot, 1941

**Neptidini**

* Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
* Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913
* Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
* Neptis katama Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951
* Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914
* Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
* Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
* Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
* Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896
* Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
* Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921

**Adoliadini**

* Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935
* Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
* Bebearia orientis orientis (Karsch, 1895)
* Bebearia orientis dealbata (Carcasson, 1958)
* Bebearia orientis taveta Clifton, 1980
* Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Bebearia chriemhilda (Staudinger, 1896)
* Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
* Euphaedra viridicaerulea nitidula van Someren, 1935
* Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
* Euphaedra rattrayi Sharpe, 1904
* Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
* Euphaedra neophron littoralis Talbot, 1929
* Euphaedra neophron ellenbecki Pagenstrecher, 1902
* Euphaedra neophron meruensis van Someren, 1935
* Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Pseudathyma lucretioides Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
* Pseudathyma nzoia van Someren, 1939

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea boopis ama Pierre, 1979
* Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
* Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
* Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
* Acraea magnifica Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
* Acraea matuapa Grose-Smith, 1889
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
* Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873
* Acraea satis Ward, 1871
* Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea rudolfi Eltringham, 1929
* Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea pudorina Staudinger, 1885
* Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
* Acraea caecilia caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea caecilia kulal van Someren, 1936
* Acraea caecilia pudora Aurivillius, 1910
* Acraea caldarena caldarena Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878
* Acraea equatorialis equatorialis Neave, 1904
* Acraea equatorialis anaemia Eltringham, 1912
* Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
* Acraea mirabilis Butler, 1886
* Acraea miranda Riley, 1920
* Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
* Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902 xx
* Acraea adrasta Weymer, 1892
* Acraea aganice montana (Butler, 1888)
* Acraea aganice ugandae (van Someren, 1936)
* Acraea epaea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
* Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
* Acraea umbra hemileuca (Jordan, 1914)
* Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
* Acraea ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898
* Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933
* Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
* Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea excelsior Sharpe, 1891
* Acraea pentapolis Ward, 1871
* Acraea rangatana rangatana Eltringham, 1912
* Acraea rangatana ecketti Jackson, 1951
* Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
* Acraea anacreontica chyulu van Someren, 1939
* Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
* Acraea wigginsi Neave, 1904
* Acraea aubyni Eltringham, 1912
* Acraea parrhasia kenya van Someren & Rogers, 1926
* Acraea parrhasia orientis Aurivillius, 1904

**Argynnini**

* Issoria hanningtoni jeanneli (Bernardi, 1968)

**Vagrantini**

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

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
* Coeliades keithloa kenya Evans, 1937
* Coeliades keithloa merua Evans, 1947
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

### Pyrginae

**Celaenorrhinini**

* Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
* Celaenorrhinus lourentis de Jong, 1976
* Eretis umbra (Trimen, 1862)
* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
* Sarangesa princei Karsch, 1896
* Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956

**Tagiadini**

* Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891
* Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
* Leucochitonea hindei Druce, 1903
* Abantis meru Evans, 1947
* Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
* Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
* Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889

**Carcharodini**

* Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
* Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Spialia confusa obscura Evans, 1937
* Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
* Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
* Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
* Spialia kituina (Karsch, 1896)
* Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
* Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
* Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891)
* Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
* Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
* Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
* Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
* Kedestes nancy Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Kedestes nerva paola Plötz, 1884
* Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
* Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
* Gorgyra diva Evans, 1937
* Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
* Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
* Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896
* Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
* Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
* Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
* Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
* Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
* Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
* Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
* Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896
* Artitropa erinnys radiata Riley, 1925
* Artitropa erinnys vansomereni Riley, 1925
* Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
* Gretna carmen carmen Evans, 1937
* Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937
* Leona halma Evans, 1937
* Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
* Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
* Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

**Baorini**

* Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925)

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella abdeli abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
* Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938
* Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)
* Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
* Metisella quadrisignatus nanda Evans, 1937
* Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)
