List of butterflies of Togo
# List of butterflies of Togo

This is a list of butterflies of Togo. About 414 species are known from Togo, none of which is endemic.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782
* Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
* Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
* Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
* Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
* Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
* Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
* Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
* Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
* Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904)
* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
* Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
* Graphium almansor carchedonius (Karsch, 1895)

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
* Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

* Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
* Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
* Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952
* Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
* Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)
* Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965

**Pierini**

* Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
* Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)
* Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
* Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris aburi Larsen & Collins, 2003
* Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris jaopura Karsch, 1893
* Mylothris poppea (Cramer, 1777)
* Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
* Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
* Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)
* Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)

## Lycaenidae

### Miletinae

**Liphyrini**

* Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
* Aslauga ernesti (Karsch, 1895)
* Aslauga marginalis Kirby, 1890

**Miletini**

* Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
* Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
* Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
* Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890
* Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
* Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996

### Poritiinae

**Liptenini**

* Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
* Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
* Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874
* Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874
* Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])
* Telipna semirufa (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
* Mimacraea maesseni Libert, 2000
* Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
* Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
* Liptena alluaudi Mabille, 1890
* Liptena pearmani Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
* Liptena rochei Stempffer, 1951
* Liptena septistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
* Tetrarhanis symplocus Clench, 1965
* Larinopoda aspidos Druce, 1890
* Eresiomera bicolor (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
* Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866)
* Citrinophila marginalis Kirby, 1887

**Epitolini**

* Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
* Epitola uranioides occidentalis Libert, 1999
* Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
* Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
* Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)
* Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
* Stempfferia dorothea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Stempfferia kholifa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Stempfferia leonina (Staudinger, 1888)
* Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873)
* Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
* Cephetola collinsi Libert & Larsen, 1999
* Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
* Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
* Epitolina catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
* Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890)
* Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)
* Hypophytala ultramarina Libert & Collins, 1999
* Aethiopana honorius (Butler, 1901)
* Hewitsonia inexpectata (Bouyer, 1997)

### Aphnaeinae

* Pseudaletis agrippina Druce, 1888
* Pseudaletis catori Bethune-Baker, 1926
* Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)
* Lipaphnaeus leonina ivoirensis Stempffer, 1966
* Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

### Theclinae

* Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
* Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
* Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
* Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
* Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
* Hypolycaena kakumi Larsen, 1997
* Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
* Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, 1779)
* Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893
* Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
* Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
* Iolaus laon Hewitson, 1878
* Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
* Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
* Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
* Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
* Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
* Iolaus theodori Stempffer, 1970
* Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
* Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
* Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
* Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878)
* Pilodeudorix aucta (Karsch, 1895)
* Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
* Pilodeudorix catalla (Karsch, 1895)
* Paradeudorix eleala viridis (Stempffer, 1964)
* Paradeudorix moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
* Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
* Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
* Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
* Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
* Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
* Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
* Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
* Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)

**Polyommatini**

* Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
* Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
* Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
* Phlyaria cyara stactalla Karsch, 1895
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
* Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Thermoniphas micylus (Cramer, 1780)
* Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
* Oboronia ornata (Mabille, 1890)
* Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
* Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)
* Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
* Lepidochrysops quassi (Karsh, 1895)
* Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

## Nymphalidae

### Libytheinae

* Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
* Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
* Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
* Amauris crawshayi camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925
* Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)
* Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)

### Satyrinae

**Elymniini**

* Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

**Melanitini**

* Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
* Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

**Satyrini**

* Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
* Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
* Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
* Bicyclus italus (Hewitson, 1865)
* Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)
* Bicyclus maesseni Condamin, 1971
* Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
* Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
* Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
* Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
* Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)
* Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus sangmelinae Condamin, 1963
* Bicyclus sylvicolus Condamin, 1965
* Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus xeneas occidentalis Condamin, 1965
* Heteropsis elisi (Karsch, 1893)
* Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
* Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes lucretius Cramer, [1775]
* Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
* Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
* Charaxes ameliae doumeti Henning, 1989
* Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970
* Charaxes eupale (Drury, 1782)
* Charaxes subornatus couilloudi Plantrou, 1976
* Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
* Charaxes etheocles (Cramer, 1777)
* Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
* Charaxes paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872)
* Charaxes lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899

### Nymphalinae

**Nymphalini**

* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793)
* Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
* Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
* Junonia cymodoce (Cramer, 1777)
* Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
* Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847)
* Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
* Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
* Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
* Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

### Cyrestinae

**Cyrestini**

* Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
* Mesoxantha ethosea (Drury, 1782)
* Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, 1779)
* Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
* Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
* Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

**Epicaliini**

* Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

### Limenitinae

**Limenitidini**

* Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
* Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
* Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])
* Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)

**Neptidini**

* Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
* Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
* Neptis najo Karsch, 1893
* Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
* Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
* Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
* Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
* Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

**Adoliadini**

* Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
* Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
* Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Euryphura togoensis Suffert, 1904
* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
* Cynandra opis (Drury, 1773)
* Euriphene ampedusa (Hewitson, 1866)
* Euriphene aridatha transgressa Hecq, 1994
* Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)
* Euriphene ernestibaumanni (Karsch, 1895)
* Bebearia tentyris (Hewitson, 1866)
* Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Bebearia oxione (Hewitson, 1866)
* Bebearia mardania (Fabricius, 1793)
* Bebearia cocalia continentalis Hecq, 1988
* Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Bebearia phantasina (Staudinger, 1891)
* Bebearia demetra (Godart, 1824)
* Euphaedra medon (Linnaeus, 1763)
* Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
* Euphaedra diffusa albocoerulea Hecq, 1976
* Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871)
* Euphaedra themis (Hübner, 1807)
* Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871)
* Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)
* Euphaedra phaethusa (Butler, 1866)
* Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
* Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
* Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
* Euphaedra eupalus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Euptera crowleyi (Kirby, 1889)
* Euptera pluto occidentalis Chovet, 1998
* Euptera zowa Fox, 1965
* Pseudathyma falcata Jackson, 1969

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea eugenia Karsch, 1893
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899
* Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
* Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
* Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873
* Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865
* Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
* Acraea umbra (Drury, 1782)
* Acraea vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
* Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
* Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
* Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
* Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea peneleos Ward, 1871
* Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871
* Acraea orina Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea translucida Eltringham, 1912
* Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847

**Vagrantini**

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

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Drury, 1773)

### Pyrginae

**Celaenorrhinini**

* Katreus johnstoni (Butler, 1888)
* Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Celaenorrhinus proxima maesseni Berger, 1976
* Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
* Eretis plistonicus (Plötz, 1879)
* Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
* Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
* Sarangesa majorella (Mabille, 1891)
* Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879)

**Tagiadini**

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Eagris denuba (Plötz, 1879)
* Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890)
* Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892)
* Procampta rara Holland, 1892
* Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
* Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892

**Carcharodini**

* Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
* Astictopterus anomoeus (Plötz, 1879)
* Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
* Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
* Gorgyra pali Evans, 1937
* Ceratrichia nothus enantia (Karsch, 1893)
* Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
* Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
* Pardaleodes sator (Westwood, 1852)
* Pardaleodes tibullus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
* Osmodes laronia (Hewitson, 1868)
* Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
* Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
* Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
* Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891
* Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
* Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
* Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)
* Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
* Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937
* Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)
* Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879)
* Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey & Miller, 1965
* Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
* Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
* Pteroteinon laufella (Hewitson, 1868)
* Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
* Leona stoehri (Karsch, 1893)
* Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
* Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
* Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
* Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
* Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
* Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
* Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

**Baorini**

* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
* Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
