List of butterflies of Tanzania
# List of butterflies of Tanzania

This is a list of butterflies of Tanzania. About 1,583 species are known from Tanzania, 134 of which are endemic.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
* Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
* Papilio desmondi magdae Gifford, 1961
* Papilio desmondi usambaraensis (Koçak, 1980)
* Papilio hornimani hornimani Distant, 1879
* Papilio hornimani mbulu Kielland, 1990
* Papilio hornimani mwanihanae Kielland, 1987
* Papilio sosia debilis Storace, 1951
* Papilio thuraui thuraui Karsch, 1900
* Papilio thuraui cyclopis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
* Papilio thuraui ngorongoro (Hancock, 1984)
* Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961 (endemic)
* Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
* Papilio dardanus meseres Carpenter, 1948
* Papilio dardanus tibullus Kirby, 1880
* Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871
* Papilio constantinus mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
* Papilio phorcas ansorgei Rothschild, 1896
* Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896
* Papilio phorcas nyikanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
* Papilio phorcas tenuifasciatus Kielland, 1990
* Papilio rex rex Oberthür, 1886
* Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio echerioides ambangulu Clifton & Collins, 1997
* Papilio echerioides homeyeri Plötz, 1880
* Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
* Papilio echerioides kiellandi Clifton & Collins, 1997
* Papilio echerioides pseudowertheri Kielland, 1990
* Papilio echerioides wertheri Karsch, 1898
* Papilio fuelleborni fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
* Papilio fuelleborni neocesa Kemal & Kocak, 2005
* Papilio fuelleborni rydoni Kielland, 1987
* Papilio fuelleborni sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908
* Papilio jacksoni kungwe Cottrell, 1963
* Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
* Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
* Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990
* Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
* Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924
* Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
* Papilio ophidicephalus ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
* Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Gifford, 1961
* Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891
* Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984)
* Papilio mackinnoni mpwapwana Kielland, 1990
* Papilio mackinnoni reductofascia Kielland, 1990

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
* Graphium kirbyi (Hewitson, 1872)
* Graphium junodi (Trimen, 1893)
* Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
* Graphium illyris hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)
* Graphium porthaon porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
* Graphium porthaon tanganyikae Kielland, 1978
* Graphium angolanus angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
* Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
* Graphium leonidas leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium leonidas pelopidas (Oberthür, 1879)
* Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
* Graphium philonoe (Ward, 1873)
* Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)
* Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964 (endemic)
* Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni Berger, 1950

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
* Eurema floricola floricola (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)
* Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
* Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

### Pierinae

* Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857)
* 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 danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
* Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
* Colotis elgonensis elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891)
* Colotis elgonensis nobilis Carcasson, 1961
* Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
* Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis eunoma flotowi (Suffert, 1904)
* Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Colotis evenina sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884)
* Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
* Colotis halimede australis Talbot, 1939
* Colotis hetaera hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940
* Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
* Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)
* Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
* Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
* Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
* Colotis vesta catachrysops (Butler, 1878)
* Colotis vesta hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
* Colotis vesta kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
* Colotis vesta rhodesinus (Butler, 1894)
* Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
* Colotis subfasciatus ducissa (Dognin, 1891)
* Eronia cleodora cleodora Hübner, 1823
* Eronia cleodora dilatata Butler, 1888
* Pinacopterix eriphia eriphia (Godart, [1819])
* Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
* Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940
* Nepheronia argia argolisia (Stoneham, 1957)
* Nepheronia argia mhondana (Suffert, 1904)
* Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia pharis silvanus (Stoneham, 1957)
* Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
* Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959
* Leptosia hybrida somereni Bernardi, 1959
* Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
* Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959
* Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915)

**Pierini**

* Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
* Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948
* Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Appias sabina sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
* Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
* Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897)
* Pieris brassicoides marghanita Hemming, 1941
* Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
* Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
* Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
* Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
* Mylothris basalis Aurivillius, 1906
* Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898
* Mylothris continua Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris crawshayi bunduki Berger, 1980
* Mylothris ertli Suffert, 1904 (endemic)
* Mylothris flaviana interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
* Mylothris kiellandi Berger, 1985 (endemic)
* Mylothris kilimensis kilimensis Kielland, 1990
* Mylothris kilimensis rondonis Kielland, 1990
* Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris leonora Krüger, 1928 (endemic)
* Mylothris pluviata Berger, 1980 (endemic)
* Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris rubricosta rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
* Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris rubricosta pulchra Berger, 1981
* Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921
* Mylothris rueppellii tirikensis Neave, 1904
* Mylothris sagala sagala Grose-Smith, 1886
* Mylothris sagala albissima Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris sagala dentatus Butler, 1896
* Mylothris sagala mahale Kielland, 1990
* Mylothris sagala narcissus Butler, 1888
* Mylothris sagala oldeanensis Kielland, 1990
* Mylothris sagala seminigra d'Abrera, 1980
* Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris similis similis Lathy, 1906
* Mylothris similis dollmani Riley, 1921
* Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952
* Mylothris superbus Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
* Mylothris talboti Berger, 1980 (endemic)
* Mylothris yulei yulei Butler, 1897
* Mylothris yulei latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Dixeia charina dagera (Suffert, 1904)
* Dixeia charina liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904)
* Dixeia doxo alberta (Grünberg, 1912)
* Dixeia doxo costata Talbot, 1943
* Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900)
* Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
* Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois calypso minor Talbot, 1943
* Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
* Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
* Belenois diminuta Butler, 1894
* Belenois margaritacea intermedia Kielland, 1982
* Belenois margaritacea plutonica (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
* Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
* Belenois raffrayi similis Kielland, 1978
* Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943
* Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921)
* Belenois subeida sylvander Grose-Smith, 1890
* Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981
* Belenois theora laeta (Weymer, 1903)
* Belenois thysa thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
* Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872
* Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953
* Belenois welwitschii shaba Berger, 1981
* Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)

## Lycaenidae

### Miletinae

**Liphyrini**

* Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
* Aslauga abri Collins & Libert, 1997 (endemic)
* Aslauga bouyeri congdoni Libert & Collins, 1997
* Aslauga latifurca Cottrell, 1981
* Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899
* Aslauga orientalis Cottrell, 1981
* Aslauga prouvosti Libert & Bouyer, 1997
* Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890
* Aslauga tanga Libert & Collins, 1997 (endemic)
* Aslauga vininga kiellandi Libert, 1997

**Miletini**

* Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
* Spalgis jacksoni stempfferi Kielland, 1985
* Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema kiellandi Libert, 1996 (endemic)
* Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Lachnocnema tanzaniensis Libert, 1996 (endemic)
* Lachnocnema jacksoni Stempffer, 1967
* Lachnocnema regularis grisea Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema brimoides Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
* Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema dohertyi Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910
* Lachnocnema brunea Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890
* Lachnocnema inexpectata Libert, 1996 (endemic)
* Lachnocnema unicolor Libert, 1996 (endemic)

### Poritiinae

**Liptenini**

* Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Alaena bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1924 (endemic)
* Alaena bjornstadi Kielland, 1993 (endemic)
* Alaena caissa caissa Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894
* Alaena caissa kagera Talbot, 1935
* Alaena dodomaensis Kielland, 1983
* Alaena ferrulineata Hawker-Smith, 1933 (endemic)
* Alaena interposita interposita Butler, 1883 (endemic)
* Alaena interposita hauttecoeuri Oberthür, 1888 (endemic)
* Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890
* Alaena kiellandi Carcasson, 1965 (endemic)
* Alaena madibirensis Wichgraf, 1921 (endemic)
* Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966
* Alaena nyassa nyassa Hewitson, 1877
* Alaena nyassa major Oberthür, 1888
* Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896
* Alaena reticulata Butler, 1896
* Alaena unimaculosa aurantiaca Butler, 1895
* Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
* Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886
* Pentila cloetensi albida Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910
* Pentila pauli alberta Hulstaert, 1924
* Pentila pauli clarensis Neave, 1903
* Pentila pauli dama (Suffert, 1904)
* Pentila pauli nyassana Aurivillius, 1899
* Pentila rogersi rogersi (Druce, 1907)
* Pentila rogersi parapetreia Rebel, 1908
* Pentila rondo Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
* Pentila tropicalis mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
* Pentila umangiana connectens Hulstaert, 1924
* Pentila umangiana mpanda Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
* Telipna sanguinea depuncta Talbot, 1937
* Telipna kigoma Kielland, 1978 (endemic)
* Telipna consanguinea ugandae Behune-Baker, 1926
* Ornipholidotos ugandae Stempffer, 1947
* Ornipholidotos teroensis Stempffer, 1957
* Ornipholidotos katangae reducta Libert, 2005
* Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
* Ornipholidotos overlaeti intermedia Libert, 2005
* Ornipholidotos gemina fournierae Libert, 2005
* Ornipholidotos jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
* Ornipholidotos ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
* Ornipholidotos latimargo (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
* Ornipholidotos tanganyikae Kielland, 1983 (endemic)
* Ornipholidotos emarginata maxima Libert, 2005
* Ornipholidotos paradoxa orientis Libert, 2005
* Ornipholidotos nguru Kielland, 1987 (endemic)
* Ornipholidotos peucetia peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
* Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Cooksonia neavei (Druce, 1912)
* Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Oberthür, 1893) (endemic)
* Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (endemic)
* Mimacraea krausei poultoni Neave, 1904
* Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
* Mimacraea marginata Libert & Collins, 2000 (endemic)
* Mimacraea marshalli marshalli Trimen, 1898
* Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi Rothschild, 1901
* Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912
* Mimacraea skoptoles Druce, 1907
* Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937)
* Mimeresia neavei (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Liptena amabilis nyanzae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
* Liptena despecta (Holland, 1890)
* Liptena eukrines Druce, 1905
* Liptena eukrinoides Talbot, 1937
* Liptena minziro Collins & Larsen, 2008
* Liptena flavicans katera Stempffer, 1956
* Liptena hapale Talbot, 1935
* Liptena homeyeri Dewitz, 1884
* Liptena kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
* Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)
* Liptena nigromarginata Stempffer, 1961
* Liptena opaca ugandana Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
* Liptena orubrum teroana Talbot, 1935
* Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923
* Liptena rubromacula jacksoni Carpenter, 1934
* Liptena turbata (Kirby, 1890)
* Liptena xanthostola xantha (Grose-Smith, 1901)
* Kakumia ideoides (Dewitz, 1887)
* Tetrarhanis ilma daltoni (Poulton, 1929)
* Tetrarhanis ilma lathyi (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Tetrarhanis ilma ugandae (Stempffer, 1964)
* Falcuna orientalis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
* Larinopoda tera (Hewitson, 1873)
* Micropentila bunyoro Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
* Micropentila cherereti Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
* Micropentila jacksoni Talbot, 1937
* Micropentila katerae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
* Micropentila mpigi Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
* Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Micropentila victoriae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
* Pseuderesia eleaza katera Stempffer, 1961
* Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
* Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956
* Eresina bilinea Talbot, 1935
* Eresina conradti Stempffer, 1956
* Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956
* Eresina katera Stempffer, 1962
* Eresina masaka Stempffer, 1962
* Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
* Eresiomera kiellandi Larsen, 1998 (endemic)
* Eresiomera rougeoti (Stempffer, 1961)
* Citrinophila erastus pallida Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Citrinophila unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
* Argyrocheila inundifera Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Argyrocheila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Teriomima subpunctata Kirby, 1887
* Teriomima puella Kirby, 1887
* Teriomima micra (Grose-Smith, 1898)
* Teriomima parva parva Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Teriomima parva beylissi Henning & Henning, 2004
* Euthecta cooksoni subgrisea Henning & Henning, 2004
* Euthecta cooksoni marginata Henning & Henning, 2004
* Euthecta cordeiroi Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
* Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
* Baliochila dubiosa Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila amanica Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila latimarginata latimarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
* Baliochila latimarginata rondoensis Henning & Henning, 2004
* Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila congdoni Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Baliochila warrengashi Collins & Larsen, 1996 (endemic)
* Baliochila lequeuxi Kielland, 1994 (endemic)
* Baliochila collinsi Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
* Baliochila megadentata Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
* Baliochila nguru Kielland, 1986 (endemic)
* Baliochila citrina Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
* Baliochila abri Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
* Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila pseudofragilis Kielland, 1976 (endemic)
* Baliochila stygia Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila fusca Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
* Baliochila mwanihanae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
* Baliochila pringlei Stempffer, 1967 (endemic)
* Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Congdonia duplex Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
* Eresinopsides bichroma Strand, 1911
* Eresinopsides bamptoni Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)

**Epitolini**

* Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
* Iridana hypocala Eltringham, 1929
* Iridana jacksoni Stempffer, 1964
* Iridana katera Stempffer, 1964
* Iridana marina Talbot, 1935
* Iridana unyoro Stempffer, 1964
* Teratoneura congoensis Stempffer, 1954
* Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
* Cerautola crowleyi congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999
* Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
* Cerautola semibrunnea bamptoni Libert & Collins, 1999
* Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
* Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890)
* Geritola liana (Roche, 1954)
* Geritola subargentea (Jackson, 1964)
* Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
* Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890)
* Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923)
* Stempfferia mara (Talbot, 1935)
* Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
* Cephetola eliasis (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
* Cephetola gerdae (Kielland & Libert, 1998) (endemic)
* Cephetola izidori (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
* Cephetola kamengensis (Jackson, 1962)
* Cephetola katerae (Jackson, 1962)
* Cephetola kiellandi (Libert & Congdon, 1998)
* Cephetola mariae Libert, 1999
* Cephetola martini (Libert, 1998)
* Cephetola mpangensis (Jackson, 1962)
* Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
* Cephetola peteri (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
* Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937)
* Cephetola subgriseata (Jackson, 1964)
* Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Cephetola tanzaniensis Libert, 1999 (endemic)
* Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935)
* Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Deloneura abri Congdon & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
* Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
* Deloneura subfusca Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962
* Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
* Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
* Epitolina catori ugandae Jackson, 1962
* Hypophytala benitensis minziro Libert & Collins, 1999
* Hypophytala vansomereni (Jackson, 1964)
* Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
* Hewitsonia kuehnei Collins & Larsen, 2008
* Hewitsonia intermedia Jackson, 1962

### Aphnaeinae

* Pseudaletis agrippina Druce, 1888
* Pseudaletis busoga van Someren, 1939
* Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
* Lipaphnaeus aderna pan (Talbot, 1935)
* Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916)
* Lipaphnaeus eustorgia (Hulstaert, 1924)
* Lipaphnaeus leonina paradoxa (Schultze, 1908)
* Lipaphnaeus leonina loxura (Rebel, 1914)
* Chloroselas azurea Butler, 1900
* Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
* Chloroselas minima Jackson, 1966
* Chloroselas overlaeti Stempffer, 1956
* Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
* Vansomerenia rogersi (Riley, 1932)
* Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
* Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
* Cigaritis brunnea (Jackson, 1966)
* Cigaritis collinsi (Kielland, 1980) (endemic)
* Cigaritis crustaria (Holland, 1890)
* Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
* Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
* Cigaritis nairobiensis (Sharpe, 1904)
* Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
* Cigaritis tanganyikae (Kielland, 1990) (endemic)
* Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
* Cigaritis trimeni (Neave, 1910)
* Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
* Axiocerses harpax ugandana Clench, 1963
* Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
* Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith, 1900
* Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996
* Axiocerses styx Rebel, 1908 (endemic)
* Axiocerses kiellandi Henning & Henning, 1996 (endemic)
* Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
* Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Aloeides conradsi conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907)
* Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides conradsi talboti Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides molomo kiellandi Carcasson, 1961
* Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890
* Aphnaeus erikssoni kiellandi Stempffer, 1972
* Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius, 1909
* Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928
* Aphnaeus marshalli Neave, 1910
* Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

### Theclinae

* Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
* Myrina sharpei Bethune-Baker, 1906
* Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
* Hypolycaena amanica Stempffer, 1951 (endemic)
* Hypolycaena antifaunus latimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Hypolycaena auricostalis auricostalis (Butler, 1897)
* Hypolycaena auricostalis frommi Strand, 1911
* Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
* Hypolycaena buxtoni spurcus Talbot, 1929
* Hypolycaena hatita japhusa Riley, 1921
* Hypolycaena hatita ugandae Sharpe, 1904
* Hypolycaena kadiskos Druce, 1890
* Hypolycaena lebona davenporti Larsen, 1997
* Hypolycaena liara liara Druce, 1890
* Hypolycaena liara plana Talbot, 1935
* Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
* Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
* Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
* Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis Stempffer, 1954
* Hemiolaus caeculus vividus Pinhey, 1962
* Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
* Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
* Iolaus apatosa (Stempffer, 1952)
* Iolaus bamptoni (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (endemic)
* Iolaus bellina exquisita (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus congdoni (Kielland, 1985)
* Iolaus diametra diametra (Karsch, 1895)
* Iolaus diametra littoralis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
* Iolaus diametra zanzibarensis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
* Iolaus dubiosa (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
* Iolaus fontainei (Stempffer, 1956)
* Iolaus frater (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
* Iolaus jacksoni (Stempffer, 1950)
* Iolaus mermis (Druce, 1896)
* Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus neavei katera Talbot, 1937
* Iolaus nolaensis amanica (Stempffer, 1951)
* Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
* Iolaus silanus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889
* Iolaus silanus alticola (Stempffer, 1961)
* Iolaus silanus rondo (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
* Iolaus silanus zanzibarica (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
* Iolaus stenogrammica (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus tajoraca ertli Aurivillius, 1916
* Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
* Iolaus henryi (Stempffer, 1961)
* Iolaus jamesoni (Druce, 1891)
* Iolaus parasilanus parasilanus Rebel, 1914
* Iolaus parasilanus divaricatus (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus poecilaon (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus aequatorialis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus cottrelli (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus iturensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
* Iolaus maritimus usambara (Stempffer, 1961)
* Iolaus montana (Kielland, 1978) (endemic)
* Iolaus ndolae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
* Iolaus pamae Heath, 1994
* Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
* Iolaus timon orientius Hulstaert, 1924
* Iolaus catori cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908
* Etesiolaus pinheyi (Kielland, 1986) (endemic)
* Stugeta bowkeri maria Suffert, 1904
* Stugeta bowkeri mombasae Butler, 1901
* Stugeta bowkeri nyasana Talbot, 1935
* Stugeta mimetica Aurivillius, 1916 (endemic)
* Pilodeudorix mimeta angusta Libert, 2004
* Pilodeudorix baginei (Collins & Larsen, 1991)
* Pilodeudorix anetia (Hulstaert, 1924)
* Pilodeudorix bemba (Neave, 1910)
* Pilodeudorix canescens (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Pilodeudorix infuscata (Stempffer, 1964)
* Pilodeudorix kafuensis (Neave, 1910)
* Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945)
* Pilodeudorix nyanzana (Stempffer, 1957)
* Pilodeudorix otraeda genuba (Hewitson, 1875)
* Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
* Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
* Pilodeudorix camerona katanga (Clench, 1965)
* Pilodeudorix congoana orientalis (Stempffer, 1957)
* Pilodeudorix kohli (Aurivillius, 1921)
* Pilodeudorix rodgersi Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
* Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
* Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
* Pilodeudorix hugoi Libert, 2004
* Pilodeudorix corruscans (Aurivillius, 1898)
* Pilodeudorix kiellandi (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
* Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
* Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
* Paradeudorix marginata (Stempffer, 1962)
* Hypomyrina nomenia extensa Libert, 2004
* Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
* Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix dinomenes dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966
* Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
* Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
* Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
* Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
* Deudorix lorisona lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
* Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966
* Deudorix lorisona baronica Ungemach, 1932
* Deudorix montana (Kielland, 1985)
* Deudorix mpanda (Kielland, 1990) (endemic)
* Deudorix odana Druce, 1887
* Deudorix penningtoni van Son, 1949
* Deudorix ufipa Kielland, 1978
* Deudorix vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
* Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916
* Capys catharus Riley, 1932
* Capys connexivus Butler, 1897
* Capys usambarae Congdon & Collins, 1998 (endemic)

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954
* Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
* Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene hobleyi ufipa Kielland, 1990
* Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
* Anthene katera Talbot, 1937
* Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
* Anthene lemnos loa (Strand, 1911)
* Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914) (endemic)
* Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene madibirensis (Wichgraf, 1921) (endemic)
* Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
* Anthene montana Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990
* Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
* Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
* Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene rubricinctus anadema (Druce, 1905)
* Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli Stempffer, 1961
* Anthene rubrimaculata rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909) (endemic)
* Anthene rubrimaculata tukuyu Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Anthene rubrimaculata zanzibarica Congdon & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
* Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
* Anthene sylvanus albicans (Grünberg, 1910)
* Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
* Anthene ukerewensis (Strand, 1909) (endemic)
* Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
* Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)
* Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
* Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
* Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene inconspicua (Druce, 1910)
* Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
* Anthene lamias katerae (d'Abrera, 1980)
* Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
* Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
* Cupidesthes arescopa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962)
* Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
* Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
* Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966
* Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)
* Lycaena phlaeas ethiopica (Poulton, 1922)

**Polyommatini**

* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
* Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
* Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
* Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989
* Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892)
* Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895
* Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958
* Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909
* Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
* Uranothauma heritsia chibonotana (Aurivillius, 1910)
* Uranothauma heritsia intermedia (Tite, 1958)
* Uranothauma heritsia virgo (Butler, 1896)
* Uranothauma kilimensis Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
* Uranothauma lukwangule Kielland, 1987 (endemic)
* Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)
* Uranothauma nguru Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
* Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
* Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
* Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980
* Uranothauma usambarae Kielland, 1980 (endemic)
* Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
* Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961
* Phlyaria cyara tenuimarginata (Grünberg, 1908)
* Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
* Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Harpendyreus aequatorialis vulcanica (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
* Harpendyreus berger Stempffer, 1976 (endemic)
* Harpendyreus boma (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (endemic)
* Harpendyreus juno (Butler, 1897)
* Harpendyreus major (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
* Harpendyreus marungensis marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
* Harpendyreus marungensis mangalisae Kielland, 1986
* Harpendyreus meruana (Aurivillius, 1910) (endemic)
* Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
* Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
* Tuxentius calice calice (Hopffer, 1855)
* Tuxentius calice gregorii (Butler, 1894)
* Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907)
* Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892)
* Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Tuxentius stempfferi (Kielland, 1976) (endemic)
* Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
* Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
* Actizera stellata (Trimen, 1883)
* Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
* Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
* Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924
* Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
* Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
* Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
* Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
* Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
* Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
* Euchrysops crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967
* Euchrysops kabrosae rosieae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
* Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Euchrysops nandensis (Neave, 1904)
* Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
* Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
* Thermoniphas fontainei Stempffer, 1956
* Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
* Thermoniphas plurilimbata Karsch, 1895
* Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
* Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895)
* Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
* Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)
* Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
* Lepidochrysops anerius kiellandi Stempffer, 1972
* Lepidochrysops chala Kielland, 1980
* Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops cinerea (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops cupreus (Neave, 1910)
* Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
* Lepidochrysops dollmani (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli Stempffer, 1954
* Lepidochrysops inyangae (Pinhey, 1945)
* Lepidochrysops jansei van Someren, 1957
* Lepidochrysops kennethi Kielland, 1986 (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops kilimanjarensis (Strand, 1909) (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops koaena (Strand, 1911) (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
* Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
* Lepidochrysops lukenia van Someren, 1957
* Lepidochrysops mpanda Tite, 1961 (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops neonegus (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops peculiaris peculiaris (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
* Lepidochrysops plebeia proclus (Hulstaert, 1924)
* Lepidochrysops solwezii (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

## Riodinidae

### Nemeobiinae

* Abisara caeca Rebel, 1914
* Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932
* Abisara rogersi simulacris Riley, 1932
* Abisara neavei neavei Riley, 1932
* Abisara neavei congdoni Kielland, 1985
* Abisara neavei mahale Kielland, 1978
* Abisara delicata tanzania Kielland, 1986
* Abisara delicata zanzibarica Collins, 1990

## Nymphalidae

### Libytheinae

* Libythea labdaca labdaca Westwood, 1851
* Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
* Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
* Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
* Tirumala formosa formosa (Godman, 1880)
* Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
* Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
* Amauris niavius niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
* Amauris tartarea tartarea Mabille, 1876
* Amauris tartarea damoclides Staudinger, 1896
* Amauris tartarea tukuyuensis Kielland, 1990
* Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888
* Amauris albimaculata interposita Talbot, 1940
* Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940
* Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
* Amauris crawshayi crawshayi Butler, 1897
* Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
* Amauris damocles makuyensis Carcasson, 1964
* Amauris echeria meruensis Talbot, 1940
* Amauris echeria serica Talbot, 1940
* Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
* Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936
* Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920)
* Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)
* Amauris hyalites Butler, 1874
* Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940
* Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
* Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896
* Amauris vashti (Butler, 1869)

### Satyrinae

**Elymniini**

* Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902)

**Melanitini**

* Gnophodes betsimena diversa (Butler, 1880)
* Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
* Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
* Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria pigmentaria Karsch, 1894
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria kanga Kielland, 1989
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria mbulu Kielland, 1989
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria semilatilimba Kielland, 1989
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria seminigra Kielland, 1985
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria songeana Kielland, 1989
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria uzungwa Kielland, 1989
* Aphysoneura scapulifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1922

**Satyrini**

* Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895)
* Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
* Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
* Bicyclus buea (Strand, 1912)
* Bicyclus campina campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
* Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910)
* Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
* Bicyclus cooksoni (Druce, 1905)
* Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952)
* Bicyclus danckelmani (Rogenhofer, 1891) (endemic)
* Bicyclus pareensis Collins & Kielland, 2008
* Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
* Bicyclus dubia (Aurivillius, 1893)
* Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
* Bicyclus graueri (Rebel, 1914)
* Bicyclus hyperanthus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
* Bicyclus ignobilis acutus Condamin, 1965
* Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
* Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
* Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Bicyclus kiellandi Condamin, 1986 (endemic)
* Bicyclus mahale Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
* Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
* Bicyclus mesogena ugandae (Riley, 1926)
* Bicyclus mollitia (Karsch, 1895)
* Bicyclus nachtetis Condamin, 1965
* Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, 1866)
* Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
* Bicyclus sambulos sambulos (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus sambulos cyaneus Condamin, 1961
* Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
* Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus similis Condamin, 1963 (endemic)
* Bicyclus simulacris simulacris Kielland, 1990
* Bicyclus simulacris septentrionalis Kielland, 1990
* Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)
* Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
* Bicyclus tanzanicus Condamin, 1986 (endemic)
* Bicyclus trilophus jacksoni Condamin, 1961
* Bicyclus uzungwensis uzungwensis Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Bicyclus uzungwensis granti Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
* Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
* Heteropsis elisi tanzanica (Kielland, 1994)
* Heteropsis elisi uluguru (Kielland, 1990)
* Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
* Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
* Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
* Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
* Heteropsis ubenica ubenica (Thurau, 1903)
* Heteropsis ubenica mahale (Kielland, 1994)
* Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
* Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa (Kielland, 1994)
* Heteropsis peitho gigas (Libert, 2006)
* Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
* Ypthima antennata van Son, 1955
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
* Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
* Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
* Ypthima pupillaris obscurata Kielland, 1982
* Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
* Ypthima rhodesiana Carcasson, 1961
* Ypthima simplicia Butler, 1876
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
* Mashuna upemba (Overlaet, 1955)
* Neocoenyra cooksoni Druce, 1907
* Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
* Neocoenyra fuligo Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra heckmanni heckmanni Thurau, 1903 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra heckmanni kennethi Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra heckmanni mangalisa Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra heckmanni mbinga Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra heckmanni uzungwae Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra jordani jordani Rebel, 1906 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra jordani septentrionalis Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra kivuensis Seydel, 1929
* Neocoenyra masaica Carcasson, 1958
* Neocoenyra paralellopupillata (Karsch, 1897) (endemic)
* Neocoenyra petersi Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra pinheyi Carcasson, 1961 (endemic)
* Neocoenyra ypthimoides Butler, 1894
* Coenyropsis bera (Hewitson, 1877)
* Coenyropsis carcassoni Kielland, 1976
* Physcaeneura jacksoni Carcasson, 1961 (endemic)
* Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Physcaeneura pione Godman, 1880
* Physcaeneura robertsi Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neita orbipalus orbipalus Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neita orbipalus congdoni Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Neita victoriae (Aurivillius, 1899)

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes acuminatus acuminatus Thurau, 1903
* Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes acuminatus rondonis Kielland, 1987
* Charaxes acuminatus teitensis van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes acuminatus usambarensis van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
* Charaxes protoclea catenaria Rousseau-Decelle, 1934
* Charaxes protoclea nothodes Jordan, 1911
* Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
* Charaxes lasti lasti Grose-Smith, 1889
* Charaxes lasti kimbozae Kielland, 1984
* Charaxes lasti magomberae Kielland, 1984
* Charaxes cynthia mukuyu van Someren, 1969
* Charaxes cynthia parvicaudatus Lathy, 1925
* Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
* Charaxes jasius harrisoni Sharpe, 1904
* Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
* Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
* Charaxes castor castor (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes castor arthuri van Someren, 1971
* Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
* Charaxes brutus alcyone Stoneham, 1943
* Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
* Charaxes brutus roberti Turlin, 1987
* Charaxes ansorgei kilimanjarica van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes ansorgei kungwensis van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes ansorgei levicki Poulton, 1933
* Charaxes ansorgei loita Plantrou, 1982
* Charaxes ansorgei rydoni van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes ansorgei simoni Turlin, 1987
* Charaxes ansorgei ufipa Kielland, 1978
* Charaxes pollux pollux (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes pollux maua van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes pollux mira Ackery, 1995
* Charaxes pollux piersoni Collins, 1990
* Charaxes druceanus praestans Turlin, 1989
* Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis Lathy, 1925
* Charaxes druceanus teita van Someren, 1939
* Charaxes eudoxus katerae Carpenter, 1937
* Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes eudoxus raffaellae Plantrou, 1982
* Charaxes lucyae lucyae van Someren, 1975 (endemic)
* Charaxes lucyae gabriellae Turlin & Chovet, 1987 (endemic)
* Charaxes lucyae mwanihanae Kielland, 1982 (endemic)
* Charaxes richelmanni scheveni Ackery, 1995
* Charaxes numenes aequatorialis van Someren, 1972
* Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
* Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis van Someren, 1972
* Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus Kielland, 1988
* Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes smaragdalis homonymus Bryk, 1939
* Charaxes smaragdalis kagera van Someren, 1964
* Charaxes smaragdalis kigoma van Someren, 1964
* Charaxes xiphares brevicaudatus Schultze, 1914
* Charaxes xiphares kiellandi Plantrou, 1976
* Charaxes xiphares kilimensis van Someren, 1972
* Charaxes xiphares maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1918
* Charaxes xiphares nguru Collins, 1989
* Charaxes xiphares sitebi Plantrou, 1981
* Charaxes xiphares walwandi Collins, 1989
* Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes cithaeron joanae van Someren, 1964
* Charaxes cithaeron kennethi Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes violetta maritima van Someren, 1966
* Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963
* Charaxes imperialis graziellae Turlin, 1989
* Charaxes imperialis lisomboensis van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes ameliae amelina Joicey & Talbot, 1925
* Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
* Charaxes pythodoris pythodoris Hewitson, 1873
* Charaxes pythodoris nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889
* Charaxes pythodoris pallida van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
* Charaxes etesipe etesipe (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes etesipe pemba van Someren, 1966
* Charaxes etesipe shaba Berger, 1981
* Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
* Charaxes penricei penricei Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes penricei tanganyikae van Someren, 1966
* Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
* Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
* Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925
* Charaxes jahlusa kigomaensis van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes jahlusa mafiae Turlin & Lequeux, 1992
* Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis Plantrou, 1976
* Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Charaxes eupale veneris White & Grant, 1989
* Charaxes dilutus dilutus Rothschild, 1898
* Charaxes dilutus amanica Collins, 1990
* Charaxes anticlea adusta Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes baumanni baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891
* Charaxes baumanni granti Turlin, 1989
* Charaxes baumanni interposita van Someren, 1971
* Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971
* Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894
* Charaxes blanda Rothschild, 1897
* Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952
* Charaxes etheocles carpenteri van Someren & Jackson, 1957
* Charaxes margaretae Rydon, 1980
* Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes howarthi Minig, 1976
* Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
* Charaxes fionae Henning, 1977
* Charaxes kirki Butler, 1881
* Charaxes berkeleyi berkeleyi van Someren & Jackson, 1957
* Charaxes berkeleyi marci Congdon & Collins, 1998
* Charaxes aubyni aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952
* Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957
* Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969
* Charaxes pembanus Jordan, 1925 (endemic)
* Charaxes usambarae usambarae van Someren & Jackson, 1952 (endemic)
* Charaxes usambarae maridadi Collins, 1987 (endemic)
* Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
* Charaxes pleione bebra Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes zoolina zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
* Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
* Charaxes nichetes leoninus Butler, 1895
* Charaxes nichetes pantherinus Rousseau-Decelle, 1934
* Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana Plantrou, 1978
* Charaxes zelica toyoshimai Carcasson, 1964
* Charaxes porthos dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899
* Charaxes gerdae Rydon, 1989
* Charaxes phenix phenix Turlin & Lequeux, 1993 (endemic)
* Charaxes phenix daniellae White, 1996 (endemic)
* Charaxes prettejohni Collins, 1990 (endemic)
* Charaxes chunguensis White & Grant, 1986 (endemic)
* Charaxes grahamei van Someren, 19696 (endemic)
* Charaxes mccleeryi van Someren, 1972 (endemic)

**Euxanthini**

* Charaxes crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)
* Charaxes crossleyi magnifica (Rebel, 1914)
* Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
* Charaxes tiberius (Grose-Smith, 1889)

**Pallini**

* Palla publius kigoma van Someren, 1975
* Palla ussheri interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1925

### Apaturinae

* Apaturopsis cleochares cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)
* Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921

### Nymphalinae

* Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)
* Vanessula milca latifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1928

**Nymphalini**

* Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
* Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
* Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
* Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
* Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
* Junonia gregorii Butler, 1896
* Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
* Junonia terea tereoides (Butler, 1901)
* Junonia touhilimasa Vuillot, 1892
* Junonia westermanni splendens (Schmidt, 1921)
* Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
* Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
* Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
* Salamis cacta cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
* Salamis cacta amaniensis Vosseler, 1907
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
* Protogoniomorpha temora temora (Felder & Felder, 1867)
* Protogoniomorpha temora virescens (Suffert, 1904)
* Precis actia Distant, 1880
* Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
* Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
* Precis cuama (Hewitson, 1864)
* Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891
* Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
* Precis rauana (Grose-Smith, 1898)
* Precis sinuata sinuata Plötz, 1880
* Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
* Precis tugela aurorina (Butler, 1894)
* Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
* Hypolimnas antevorta (Distant, 1880) (endemic)
* Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
* Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
* Hypolimnas dinarcha grandis Rothschild, 1918
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Hypolimnas monteironis major Rothschild, 1918
* Hypolimnas salmacis magnifica Rothschild, 1918
* Hypolimnas usambara (Ward, 1872)
* Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)

### Cyrestinae

**Cyrestini**

* Cyrestis camillus camillus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Cyrestis camillus sublineata Lathy, 1901

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
* Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
* Mesoxantha ethosea reducta Rothschild, 1918
* Ariadne enotrea archeri Carcasson, 1958
* Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)
* Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
* Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
* Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
* Eurytela hiarbas hiarbas (Drury, 1782)
* Eurytela hiarbas lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

**Epicaliini**

* Sevenia amulia benguelae (Chapman, 1872)
* Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
* Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
* Sevenia dubiosa (Strand, 1911)
* Sevenia garega (Karsch, 1892)
* Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
* Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
* Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
* Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild, 1918)
* Sevenia pseudotrimeni (Kielland, 1985) (endemic)
* Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)
* Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

### Limenitinae

**Limenitidini**

* Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892)
* Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
* Cymothoe amaniensis Rydon, 1980 (endemic)
* Cymothoe aurivillii aurivillii Staudinger, 1899 (endemic)
* Cymothoe aurivillii handeni Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
* Cymothoe aurivillii latifasciata Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
* Cymothoe aurivillii nguru Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
* Cymothoe aurivillii tenuifasciae Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
* Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
* Cymothoe collinsi Rydon, 1980 (endemic)
* Cymothoe coranus coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
* Cymothoe coranus kiellandi Beaurain, 1988
* Cymothoe cottrelli cottrelli Rydon, 1980
* Cymothoe cottrelli njombe Rydon, 1996
* Cymothoe confusa Aurivillius, 1887
* Cymothoe herminia johnstoni (Butler, 1902)
* Cymothoe hobarti hobarti Butler, 1900
* Cymothoe hobarti lactanganyikae Collins, 1990
* Cymothoe lurida azumai Carcasson, 1964
* Cymothoe lurida butleri Grünberg, 1908
* Cymothoe magambae magambae Rydon, 1980 (endemic)
* Cymothoe magambae pareensis Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
* Pseudoneptis bugandensis Stoneham, 1935
* Pseudacraea boisduvalii boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
* Pseudacraea boisduvalii pemba Kielland, 1990
* Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
* Pseudacraea deludens amaurina Neustetter, 1928
* Pseudacraea deludens morogoro Kielland, 1990
* Pseudacraea deludens reducta Kielland, 1990
* Pseudacraea deludens tanganyikae Kielland, 1990
* Pseudacraea dolomena usagarae Staudinger, 1891
* Pseudacraea eurytus eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893
* Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)
* Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
* Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)

**Neptidini**

* Neptis agouale agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
* Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996
* Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis aurivillii aurivillii Schultze, 1913
* Neptis aurivillii ufipa Kielland, 1990
* Neptis carcassoni Van Son, 1959
* Neptis carpenteri d'Abrera, 1980
* Neptis clarei Neave, 1904
* Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
* Neptis constantiae Carcasson, 1961
* Neptis angusta Condamin, 1966
* Neptis exaleuca suffusa Rothschild, 1918
* Neptis goochii Trimen, 1879
* Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis incongrua incongrua Butler, 1896
* Neptis incongrua isidoro Kielland, 1985
* Neptis incongrua nguru Kielland, 1987
* Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
* Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951
* Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis livingstonei Suffert, 1904 (endemic)
* Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
* Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis nemetes margueriteae Fox, 1968
* Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
* Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
* Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896
* Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
* Neptis ochracea ochracea Neave, 1904
* Neptis ochracea reductata Larsen, 1995
* Neptis ochracea uluguru Kielland, 1985
* Neptis penningtoni van Son, 1977
* Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
* Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921
* Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996
* Neptis trigonophora trigonophora Butler, 1878
* Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912

**Adoliadini**

* Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
* Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
* Catuna oberthueri Karsch, 1894
* Catuna sikorana Rogenhofer, 1889
* Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euryphura chalcis chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Euryphura chalcis kiellandi Hecq, 1990
* Euryphura concordia (Hopffer, 1855)
* Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
* Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909
* Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855
* Cynandra opis bernardii Lagnel, 1967
* Euriphene conjungens kiellandi Hecq, 1994
* Euriphene iris (Aurivillius, 1903)
* Euriphene obsoleta munene Hecq, 1994
* Euriphene ribensis (Ward, 1871)
* Euriphene saphirina saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
* Euriphene saphirina itanii (Carcasson, 1964)
* Euriphene saphirina memoria Hecq, 1994
* Euriphene tadema nigropunctata (Aurivillius, 1901)
* Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
* Bebearia absolon entebbiae (Lathy, 1906)
* Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
* Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939)
* Bebearia orientis orientis (Karsch, 1895)
* Bebearia orientis insularis Kielland, 1985
* Bebearia sophus audeoudi (Riley, 1936)
* Bebearia sophus ochreata (Carcasson, 1961)
* Bebearia plistonax (Hewitson, 1874)
* Bebearia phantasiella simulata (van Someren, 1939)
* Bebearia chriemhilda (Staudinger, 1896)
* Bebearia kiellandi Hecq, 1993 (endemic)
* Euphaedra medon innotata Holland, 1920
* Euphaedra medon neustetteri Niepelt, 1915
* Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
* Euphaedra hollandi Hecq, 1974
* Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
* Euphaedra phosphor Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Euphaedra uganda minzuru Hecq, 1992
* Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
* Euphaedra alacris Hecq, 1978
* Euphaedra cooksoni Druce, 1905
* Euphaedra confina Hecq, 1992 (endemic)
* Euphaedra castanoides Hecq, 1985
* Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
* Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
* Euphaedra harpalyce spatiosa (Mabille, 1876)
* Euphaedra neophron neophron (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euphaedra neophron littoralis Talbot, 1929
* Euphaedra neophron violaceae (Butler, 1888)
* Euphaedra neophron kiellandi Hecq, 1985
* Euphaedra neophron rydoni Howarth, 1969
* Euptera elabontas elabontas (Hewitson, 1871)
* Euptera elabontas mweruensis Neave, 1910
* Euptera hirundo lufirensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Pseudathyma cyrili Chovet, 2002
* Pseudathyma lucretioides rondo Kielland, 1987
* Pseudathyma plutonica plutonica Butler, 1902
* Pseudathyma plutonica expansa Kielland, 1978
* Pseudathyma uluguru uluguru Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
* Pseudathyma uluguru abriana Collins, 2002 (endemic)

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea cerasa cerasa Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea cerasa cerita Sharpe, 1906
* Acraea cerasa kiellandi Carcasson, 1964
* 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 hamata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Acraea insignis Distant, 1880
* Acraea kappa Pierre, 1979 (endemic)
* Acraea leucographa Ribbe, 1889
* Acraea machequena Grose-Smith, 1887
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
* Acraea punctimarginea Pinhey, 1956 (endemic)
* Acraea quirina quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea quirina rosa Eltringham, 1912
* Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873
* Acraea satis Ward, 1871
* Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea asema Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea bergeriana Pierre, 1979 (endemic)
* Acraea chaeribula Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea egina areca Mabille, 1889
* Acraea egina pembanus Kielland, 1990
* Acraea guillemei Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea manca Thurau, 1904 (endemic)
* Acraea periphanes Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea pudorina Staudinger, 1885
* Acraea punctellata Eltringham, 1912
* Acraea rohlfsi Suffert, 1904 (endemic)
* Acraea utengulensis Thurau, 1903
* Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
* Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
* Acraea caecilia caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* 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 leucopyga Aurivillius, 1904
* Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
* Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
* Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
* Acraea stenobea Wallengren, 1860
* Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902
* Acraea kia Pierre, 1990 (endemic)
* Acraea adrasta Weymer, 1892
* Acraea aganice montana (Butler, 1888)
* Acraea aganice nicega (Suffert, 1904)
* Acraea alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893)
* Acraea consanguinea albicolor (Karsch, 1895)
* Acraea epaea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
* Acraea epaea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
* Acraea epaea melina (Thurau, 1903)
* Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
* Acraea epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
* Acraea macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
* Acraea poggei poggei Dewitz, 1879
* Acraea poggei nelsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
* Acraea quadricolor quadricolor (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Acraea quadricolor itumbana (Jordan, 1910)
* Acraea quadricolor latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892)
* Acraea quadricolor leptis (Jordan, 1910)
* Acraea quadricolor mahale (Kielland, 1990)
* Acraea quadricolor morogoro (Carpenter & Jackson, 1950)
* Acraea quadricolor uluguru (Kielland, 1990)
* Acraea scalivittata scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
* Acraea scalivittata kiellandianus Koçak, 1996
* Acraea tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910)
* Acraea umbra macarioides (Aurivillius, 1893)
* Acraea vestalis congoensis (Le Doux, 1937)
* Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea acuta Howarth, 1969
* Acraea ngorongoro Kielland, 1990
* Acraea nigromaculata Kielland, 1990
* Acraea rubrobasalis Kielland, 1990
* Acraea alciopoides Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Acraea alicia alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
* Acraea alicia mbulu Kielland, 1990
* Acraea alicia uzungwae Kielland, 1990
* Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
* Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
* Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
* Acraea baxteri baxteri Sharpe, 1902
* Acraea baxteri oldeani Kielland, 1990
* Acraea baxteri subsquamia Thurau, 1903
* Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
* Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea excelsior Sharpe, 1891
* Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
* Acraea humilis Sharpe, 1897
* Acraea iturina Grose-Smith, 1890
* Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
* Acraea kalinzu Carpenter, 1936
* Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
* Acraea oberthueri Butler, 1895
* Acraea orestia orestia Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea orestia sambar Stoneham, 1943
* Acraea pentapolis epidica Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea pharsalus pharsalus Ward, 1871
* Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Holland, 1892
* Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892
* Acraea ventura ventura Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
* Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
* Acraea vuilloti Mabille, 1889 (endemic)
* Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
* Acraea lusinga Overlaet, 1955
* Acraea rahira rahira Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea rahira mufindi Kielland, 1990
* Acraea aubyni Eltringham, 1912
* Acraea cinerea Neave, 1904
* Acraea conradti Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea igola Trimen & Bowker, 1889
* Acraea ntebiae ntebiae Sharpe, 1897
* Acraea ntebiae kigoma Kielland, 1978
* Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891
* Acraea orinata Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea parrhasia orientis Aurivillius, 1904
* Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896
* Acraea perenna thesprio Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea quirinalis Grose-Smith, 1900
* Acraea semivitrea Aurivillius, 1895
* Acraea kuekenthali Le Doux, 1922
* Acraea lyci Pierre, 2006 (endemic)

**Argynnini**

* Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961
* Issoria baumanni katangae (Neave, 1910)
* Issoria baumanni orientalis Kielland, 1990
* Issoria hanningtoni (Elwes, 1889)

**Vagrantini**

* Lachnoptera anticlia (Hübner, 1819)
* Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
* Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
* Coeliades keithloa kenya Evans, 1937
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

### Pyrginae

**Celaenorrhinini**

* Celaenorrhinus bettoni Butler, 1902
* Celaenorrhinus boadicea howarthi Berger, 1976
* Celaenorrhinus cordeironis Kielland, 1992 (endemic)
* Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata (Butler, 1888)
* Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
* Celaenorrhinus homeyeri (Plötz, 1880)
* Celaenorrhinus intermixtus evansi Berger, 1975
* Celaenorrhinus kimboza Evans, 1949 (endemic)
* Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
* Celaenorrhinus perlustris Rebel, 1914
* Celaenorrhinus proxima (Mabille, 1877)
* Celaenorrhinus rubeho Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Celaenorrhinus sanjeensis Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Celaenorrhinus uluguru Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
* Celaenorrhinus zanqua Evans, 1937
* Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
* Eretis herewardi Riley, 1921
* Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
* Eretis mitiana Evans, 1937
* Eretis umbra maculifera Mabille & Boullet, 1916
* Eretis vaga Evans, 1937
* Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894
* Sarangesa aza Evans, 1951
* Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
* Sarangesa brigida atra Evans, 1937
* Sarangesa haplopa Swinhoe, 1907
* Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
* Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
* Sarangesa princei Karsch, 1896
* Sarangesa ruona Evans, 1937
* Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956
* Sarangesa tricerata compacta Evans, 1951

**Tagiadini**

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Eagris decastigma purpura Evans, 1937
* Eagris lucetia (Hewitson, 1875)
* Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
* Eagris sabadius astoria Holland, 1896
* Eagris sabadius ochreana Lathy, 1901
* Calleagris hollandi (Butler, 1897)
* Calleagris jamesoni jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
* Calleagris jamesoni jacksoni Evans, 1951
* Calleagris lacteus (Mabille, 1877)
* Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
* Leucochitonea amneris (Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894) (endemic)
* Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901
* Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994
* Abantis leucogaster iruma Evans, 1951
* Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
* Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
* Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889
* Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

**Carcharodini**

* Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Spialia confusa confusa Evans, 1937
* Spialia confusa obscura Evans, 1937
* Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
* Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
* Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)
* Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
* Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Astictopterus bruno (Evans, 1937) (endemic)
* Astictopterus punctulata (Butler, 1895)
* Astictopterus stellata amania Evans, 1947
* Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894)
* Astictopterus tura Evans, 1951 (endemic)
* Prosopalpus debilis (Plötz, 1879)
* Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
* Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
* Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
* Ampittia parva Aurivillius, 1925 (endemic)
* Ampittia kilombero Larsen & Congdon, 2012
* Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
* Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
* Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
* Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
* Kedestes nerva paola Plötz, 1884
* Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901
* Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
* Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
* Kedestes fenestratus (Butler, 1894)
* Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
* Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
* Gorgyra bibulus Riley, 1929
* Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
* Gorgyra diva Evans, 1937
* Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
* Gorgyra kalinzu Evans, 1949
* Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
* Gorgyra vosseleri Grünberg, 1907 (endemic)
* Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896
* Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
* Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
* Ceratrichia bonga Evans, 1947 (endemic)
* Ceratrichia brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906
* Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937
* Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908
* Ceratrichia mabirensis Riley, 1925
* Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891
* Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909
* Pardaleodes bule Holland, 1896
* Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
* Pardaleodes incerta (Snellen, 1872)
* Pardaleodes sator pusiella Mabille, 1877
* Xanthodisca vibius (Hewitson, 1878)
* Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
* Osmodes adon (Mabille, 1890)
* Osmodes adonia Evans, 1937
* Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
* Osmodes banghaasii Holland, 1896
* Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
* Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
* Osmodes hollandi Evans, 1937
* Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
* Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
* Parosmodes morantii morantii (Trimen, 1873)
* Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937
* Paracleros biguttulus (Mabille, 1890)
* Paracleros sangoanus (Carcasson, 1964)
* Paracleros substrigata (Holland, 1893)
* Acleros mackenii instabilis Mabille, 1890
* Acleros neavei Evans, 1937
* Acleros nigrapex Strand, 1913
* Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
* Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
* Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
* Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
* Hypoleucis ophiusa ophir Evans, 1937
* Meza cybeutes (Holland, 1894)
* Meza larea (Neave, 1910)
* Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
* Paronymus xanthias kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
* Andronymus bjornstadi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
* Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
* Andronymus gander Evans, 1947
* Andronymus hero Evans, 1937
* Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
* Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
* Chondrolepis obscurior de Jong, 1986 (endemic)
* Chondrolepis uluguru Larsen & Congdon, 2012
* Chondrolepis similis de Jong, 1986 (endemic)
* Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
* Chondrolepis uluguru T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
* Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937
* Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
* Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
* Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
* Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896
* Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925
* Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
* Artitropa usambarae Congdon, Kielland, & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
* Gretna balenge (Holland, 1891)
* Gretna carmen carmen Evans, 1937
* Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937
* Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
* Pteroteinon capronnieri (Plötz, 1879)
* Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
* Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
* Leona leonora leonora (Plötz, 1879)
* Leona leonora dux Evans, 1937
* Leona halma Evans, 1937
* Leona luehderi laura Evans, 1937
* Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896
* Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
* Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896
* Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
* Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
* Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
* Monza punctata punctata (Aurivillius, 1910)
* Monza punctata crola Evans, 1937
* Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)
* Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
* Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
* Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
* Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
* Platylesches fosta Evans, 1937
* Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
* Platylesches langa Evans, 1937
* Platylesches larseni Kielland, 1992 (endemic)
* Platylesches panga Evans, 1937
* Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
* Platylesches rasta Evans, 1937
* Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910

**Baorini**

* Brusa saxicola (Neave, 1910)
* Zenonia anax Evans, 1937
* Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
* Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925)
* Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
* Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
* Borbo sirena (Evans, 1937)

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
* Metisella carsoni (Butler, 1898)
* Metisella congdoni de Jong & Kielland, 1983 (endemic)
* Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896)
* Metisella formosus linda Evans, 1937
* Metisella formosus nyanza Evans, 1937
* Metisella kambove (Neave, 1910)
* Metisella medea medea Evans, 1937
* Metisella medea nyika Evans, 1937
* Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)
* Metisella perexcellens marunga Evans, 1937
* Metisella perexcellens sitebi Kielland, 1982
* Metisella quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
* Metisella trisignatus tanga Evans, 1937
* Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Tsitana wallacei (Neave, 1910)
* Lepella lepeletier (Latreille, 1824)
