List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe
# List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe

This is a partial list of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe. More than 60 species are known from São Tomé and Príncipe, 19 of which are endemic.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio nerminae Koçak, 1983 (endemic)
* Papilio dardanus sulfurea Palisot de Beauvois, 1806
* Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
* Graphium leonidas leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium leonidas santamarthae (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
* Graphium leonidas thomasius (Le Cerf, 1924)
* Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

**Pierini**

* Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)
* Mylothris nubila (Möschler, 1884)
* Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
* Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972 (endemic)

## Lycaenidae

### Poritiinae

* Liptena evanescens (Kirby, 1887)

### Theclinae

* Iolaus bellina maris (Riley, 1928)
* Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
* Deudorix chalybeata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
* Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

### Polyommatinae

* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)

## Nymphalidae

### Libytheinae

* Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

**Satyrini**

* Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964
* Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
* Charaxes thomasius Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)
* Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
* Charaxes odysseus Staudinger, 1892 (endemic)
* Charaxes antiquus Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
* Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
* Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)

### Nymphalinae

**Nymphalini**

* Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
* Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
* Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764
* Hypolimnas anthedon Doubleday, 1845
* Hypolimnas salmacis thomensis Aurivillius, 1910

### Cyrestinae

**Cyrestini**

* Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

### Biblidinae

**Epicaliini**

* Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)

### Limenitinae

**Limenitidini**

* Pseudacraea lucretia gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927

**Neptidini**

* Neptis eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
* Neptis larseni Wojtusiak & Pyrcz, 1997 (endemic)

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea annobona d'Abrera, 1980
* Acraea medea (Cramer, 1775) (endemic)
* Acraea niobe Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
* Acraea alcinoe racaji (Pyrcz, 1991)
* Acraea insularis Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
* Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
* Acraea newtoni Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
* Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Andronymus neander thomasi Riley, 1928

**Baorini**

* Borbo fatuellus thomea (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
