List of butterflies of Rwanda
# List of butterflies of Rwanda

This is a list of butterflies of Rwanda. About 176 species are known from Rwanda, three of which are endemic.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
* Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
* Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
* Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
* Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924
* Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908
* Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium gudenusi (Rebel, 1911)
* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
* Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
* Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

### Pierinae

* Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi Berger, 1956
* Colotis vesta kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
* Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940
* Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959

**Pierini**

* Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
* Mylothris alberici Dufrane, 1940
* Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896
* Mylothris croceus Butler, 1896
* Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
* Mylothris kiwuensis kiwuensis Grünberg, 1910
* Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris polychroma Berger, 1981
* Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909
* Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
* Mylothris sagala mayenceae Berger, 1987
* Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
* Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
* Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953

## Lycaenidae

### Miletinae

**Liphyrini**

* Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

**Miletini**

* Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915

### Poritiinae

**Liptenini**

* Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)

### Theclinae

* Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895)
* Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
* Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945)
* Pilodeudorix zelomina (Rebel, 1914)

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
* Anthene hobleyi kigezi Stempffer, 1961
* Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)

**Polyommatini**

* Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)
* Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
* Harpendyreus argenteostriata Stempffer, 1961
* Harpendyreus kisaba (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Harpendyreus major (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
* Harpendyreus marungensis wollastoni (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
* Harpendyreus reginaldi Heron, 1909
* Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
* Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967
* Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
* Thermoniphas plurilimbata rutshurensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Lepidochrysops loveni kivuensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

## Riodinidae

### Nemeobiinae

* Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932
* Abisara neavei Riley, 1932

## Nymphalidae

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
* Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
* Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
* Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
* Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Gnophodes grogani Sharpe, 1901
* Aphysoneura scapulifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1922

**Satyrini**

* Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, 1896)
* Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
* Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
* Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
* Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
* Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
* Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
* Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
* Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
* Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
* Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes alticola Grünberg, 1911
* Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
* Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
* Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932
* Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914
* Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Charaxes eudoxus lequeuxi Plantrou, 1982
* Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
* Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes xiphares burgessi van Son, 1953
* Charaxes imperialis werneri Turlin, 1989
* Charaxes fournierae vandenberghei Collins, 1982
* Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis Plantrou, 1976
* Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Charaxes montis Jackson, 1956
* Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909
* Charaxes turlini Minig & Plantrou, 1978
* Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969
* Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
* Charaxes pleione delvauxi Turlin, 1987
* Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
* Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991

**Euxanthini**

* Charaxes crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)

### Nymphalinae

* Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)

**Nymphalini**

* Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
* Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
* Vanessa abyssinica vansomereni (Howarth, 1966)
* Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
* Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
* Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
* Precis actia Distant, 1880
* Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
* Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909
* Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
* Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
* Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)

### Limenitinae

**Limenitidini**

* Cymothoe collarti werneri Beaurain, 1984
* Kumothales inexpectata Overlaet, 1940
* Pseudacraea deludens rwandaensis Hecq, 1991

**Neptidini**

* Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996
* Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
* Neptis marci Collins & Larsen, 1998 (endemic)
* Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996

**Adoliadini**

* Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
* Euriphene excelsior (Rebel, 1911)
* Euriphene saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
* Bebearia sophus monforti Hecq, 1990
* Bebearia dowsetti Hecq, 1990 (endemic)
* Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
* Euphaedra barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Euphaedra margueriteae Hecq, 1978
* Euphaedra harpalyce dowsetti Hecq, 1990

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
* Acraea hamata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Acraea turlini Pierre, 1979 (endemic)
* Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
* Acraea persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
* Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
* Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
* Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
* Acraea toruna Grose-Smith, 1900
* Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
* Acraea rangatana bettiana Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Acraea uvui Grose-Smith, 1890
* Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
* Acraea cinerea Neave, 1904
* Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891
* Acraea orinata Oberthür, 1893

**Argynnini**

* Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896)

**Vagrantini**

* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

### Pyrginae

**Tagiadini**

* Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
* Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
* Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
* Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
* Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910

**Baorini**

* Zenonia crasta Evans, 1937

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
* Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)
