List of butterflies of Niger
# List of butterflies of Niger

This is a list of butterflies of Niger. About 54 species are known from Niger, none of which are endemic.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

* Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
* Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis celimene angusi Rothschild, 1921
* Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
* Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
* Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
* Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)

**Pierini**

* Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
* Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
* Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

## Lycaenidae

### Aphnaeinae

* Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
* Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
* Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

### Theclinae

* Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
* Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)

**Polyommatini**

* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
* Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
* Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
* Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
* Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

## Nymphalidae

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

**Satyrini**

* Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978

### Nymphalinae

**Nymphalini**

* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Limenitinae

**Adoliadini**

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

### Pyrginae

**Celaenorrhinini**

* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

**Carcharodini**

* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)
