List of butterflies of Madagascar
# List of butterflies of Madagascar

This is a list of butterflies of Madagascar. About 303 species are known from Madagascar, a remarkable 210 of which are endemic.

The following list is not exhaustive.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio dardanus meriones Felder & Felder, 1865
* Papilio delalandei Godart, [1824]
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio erithonioides Grose-Smith, 1891
* Papilio grosesmithi Rothschild, 1926
* Papilio morondavana Grose-Smith, 1891
* Papilio oribazus Boisduval, 1836
* Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833
* Papilio mangoura Hewitson, 1875

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium evombar (Boisduval, 1836)
* Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
* Graphium endochus (Boisduval, 1836)
* Graphium cyrnus (Boisduval, 1836)

**Troidini**

* Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, [1773])

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurema desjardinsii (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
* Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)

### Pierinae

* Colotis amata crowleyi (Sharpe, 1898)
* Colotis evanthe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis guenei (Mabille, 1877)
* Colotis mananhari (Ward, 1870)
* Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
* Colotis lucasi (Grandidier, 1867)
* Colotis zoe (Grandidier, 1867)
* Pinacopterix eriphia mabillei (Aurivillius, [1899])
* Nepheronia buquetii pauliani Bernardi, 1959
* Leptosia alcesta sylvicola (Boisduval, 1833)
* Leptosia nupta viettei Bernardi, 1959

**Pierini**

* Appias epaphia orbona (Boisduval, 1833)
* Appias sabina confusa (Butler, 1872)
* Mylothris phileris (Boisduval, 1833)
* Mylothris smithii (Mabille, 1879)
* Mylothris splendens Le Cerf, 1927
* Dixeia charina narena (Grose-Smith, 1898)
* Belenois antsianaka (Ward, 1870)
* Belenois aurota aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois creona prorsus (Talbot, 1943)
* Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878)
* Belenois helcida (Boisduval, 1833)
* Belenois mabella Grose-Smith, 1891

## Lycaenidae

### Miletinae

**Miletini**

* Spalgis tintinga (Boisduval, 1833)
* Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)

### Theclinae

**Theclini**

* Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)
* Hemiolaus ceres (Hewitson, 1865)
* Hemiolaus cobaltina (Aurivillius, 1899)
* Hemiolaus maryra (Mabille, [1887])
* Leptomyrina phidias (Fabricius, 1793)
* Iolaus argentarius Butler, 1879
* Iolaus mermeros (Mabille, 1878)
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix batikeli (Boisduval, 1833)
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix renidens (Mabille, 1884)
* Deudorix wardii (Mabille, 1878)

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene princeps smithii (Mabille, 1877)

**Polyommatini**

* Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877)
* Rysops scintilla (Mabille, 1877)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Uranothauma artemenes (Mabille, 1880)
* Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes rabefaner (Mabille, 1877)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Actizera atrigemmata (Butler, 1878)
* Actizera drucei (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus sitalces (Mabille, 1900)
* Azanus soalalicus (Karsch, 1900)
* Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
* Eicochrysops pauliani Stempffer, 1950
* Eicochrysops sanguigutta (Mabille, 1879)
* Euchrysops decaryi Stempffer, 1947
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Freyeria minuscula (Aurivillius, 1909)
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops azureus (Butler, 1879)
* Lepidochrysops caerulea Tite, 1961
* Lepidochrysops grandis Talbot, 1937
* Lepidochrysops leucon (Mabille, 1879)
* Lepidochrysops turlini Stempffer, 1971

### Riodininae

**Nemeobiini**

* Saribia decaryi (Le Cerf, 1922)
* Saribia perroti Riley, 1932
* Saribia ochracea Riley, 1932
* Saribia tepahi (de Boisduval, 1833)

## Nymphalidae

### Libytheinae

* Libythea ancoata Grose-Smith, 1891
* Libythea tsiandava Grose-Smith, 1891

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
* Amauris nossima (Ward, 1870)

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Gnophodes betsimena (Boisduval, 1833)
* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

**Satyrini**

* Heteropsis drepana Westwood, [1850]
* Heteropsis vola (Ward, 1870)
* Heteropsis paradoxa (Mabille, 1880)
* Heteropsis ankoma (Mabille, 1878)
* Heteropsis mabillei (Butler, 1879)
* Heteropsis alaokola (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis masoura (Hewitson, 1875)
* Heteropsis antahala (Ward, 1872)
* Heteropsis narova (Mabille, 1877)
* Heteropsis erebina (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis anganavo (Ward, 1871)
* Heteropsis erebennis Oberthür, 1916
* Heteropsis passandava (Ward, 1871)
* Heteropsis difficilis (Mabille, 1880)
* Heteropsis obscura (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis wardii (Mabille, 1877)
* Heteropsis strato (Mabille, 1878)
* Heteropsis viettei Lees, 2003
* Heteropsis andravahana (Mabille, 1878)
* Heteropsis fuliginosa (Mabille, 1878)
* Heteropsis exocellata (Mabille, 1880)
* Heteropsis cowani (Butler, 1880)
* Heteropsis ankaratra (Ward, 1870)
* Heteropsis narcissus fraterna (Butler, 1868)
* Heteropsis bicristata (Mabille, 1878)
* Heteropsis parvidens (Mabille, 1880)
* Heteropsis avelona (Ward, 1870)
* Heteropsis uniformis (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis iboina (Ward, 1870)
* Heteropsis parva (Butler, 1879)
* Heteropsis subsimilis (Butler, 1879)
* Heteropsis pauper (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis ankova (Ward, 1870)
* Heteropsis turbata (Butler, 1880)
* Heteropsis pallida (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis andasibe Lees, 2003
* Heteropsis strigula (Mabille, 1877)
* Heteropsis maeva (Mabille, 1878)
* Heteropsis laeta (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis laetifica (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis undulans (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis anceps (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis angulifascia (Butler, 1879)
* Heteropsis turbans (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis sabas (Oberthür, 1923)
* Strabena goudoti (Mabille, [1885])
* Strabena isoalensis Paulian, 1951
* Strabena martini Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena batesii (Felder & Felder, 1867)
* Strabena nepos Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena eros Viette, 1971
* Strabena germanus Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena affinis Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena consobrina Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena mandraka Paulian, 1951
* Strabena niveata (Butler, 1879)
* Strabena albivittula (Mabille, 1880)
* Strabena cachani Paulian, 1950
* Strabena excellens (Butler, 1885)
* Strabena triophthalma Mabille, [1885]
* Strabena ibitina (Ward, 1873)
* Strabena tsaratananae Paulian, 1951
* Strabena vinsoni (Guenée, 1865)
* Strabena rakoto (Ward, 1870)
* Strabena soror Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena perroti Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena modesta Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena modestissima Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena mabillei (Aurivillius, 1899)
* Strabena mopsus (Mabille, 1878)
* Strabena consors Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena impar Oberthür, 1916
* Strabena smithii Mabille, 1877
* Strabena andilabe Paulian, 1951
* Strabena daphne Viette, 1971
* Strabena dyscola Mabille, 1880
* Strabena sufferti (Aurivillius, 1899)
* Strabena tamatavae (Boisduval, 1833)
* Strabena zanjuka Mabille, [1885]
* Strabena perrieri Paulian, 1951
* Strabena andriana Mabille, [1885]
* Strabena argyrina Mabille, 1878

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes analava Ward, 1872
* Charaxes antamboulou Lucas, 1872
* Charaxes cowani Butler, 1878
* Charaxes andara Ward, 1873
* Charaxes phraortes Doubleday, 1847
* Charaxes andranodorus andranodorus Mabille, 1884
* Charaxes andranodorus andrefana Viette, 1975
* Charaxes cacuthis Hewitson, 1863
* Charaxes zoolina betsimisaraka Lucas, 1872

**Euxanthini**

* Charaxes madagascariensis (Lucas, 1843)

### Apaturinae

* Apaturopsis kilusa (Grose-Smith, 1891)
* Apaturopsis paulianii Viette, 1962

### Nymphalinae

**Nymphalini**

* Vanessa hippomene madegassorum (Aurivillius, 1899)
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
* Junonia hierta paris Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Junonia oenone epiclelia (Boisduval, 1833)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Junonia musa
* Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
* Salamis anteva (Ward, 1870)
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii duprei (Vinson, 1863)
* Precis andremiaja (Boisduval, 1833)
* Precis eurodoce (Westwood, [1850])
* Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
* Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
* Hypolimnas deceptor deludens Grose-Smith, 1891
* Hypolimnas dexithea (Hewitson, 1863)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Cyrestinae

**Cyrestini**

* Cyrestis camillus elegans Boisduval, 1833

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Byblia anvatara (Boisduval, 1833)
* Neptidopsis fulgurata (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurytela dryope lineata Aurivillius, 1899
* Eurytela narinda Ward, 1872

**Epicaliini**

* Sevenia amazoula (Mabille, 1880)
* Sevenia howensis (Staudinger, 1886)
* Sevenia madagascariensis (Boisduval, 1833)

### Limenitinae

**Limenitidini**

* Cymothoe lambertoni Oberthür, 1923
* Cymothoe dujardini Viette, 1971
* Pseudacraea imerina (Hewitson, 1865)
* Pseudacraea lucretia apaturoides (Felder & Felder, [1867])
* Pseudacraea peyrierasi Collins, 1991

**Neptidini**

* Neptis kikideli Boisduval, 1833
* Neptis saclava Boisduval, 1833
* Neptis sextilla Mabille, 1882

**Adoliadini**

* Aterica rabena Boisduval, 1833
* Euptera kinugnana insularis Collins, 1995

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea dammii van Vollenhoven, 1869
* Acraea hova Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea igati Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea mahela Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea turna Mabille, 1877
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea fornax Butler, 1879
* Acraea lia Mabille, 1879
* Acraea masamba Ward, 1872
* Acraea siliana Oberthür, 1916
* Acraea silia Mabille, [1885]
* Acraea obeira Hewitson, 1863
* Acraea sambavae Ward, 1873
* Acraea strattipocles Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea zitja Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea calida Butler, 1878
* Pardopsis punctatissima (Boisduval, 1833)

**Vagrantini**

* Smerina manoro (Ward, 1871)
* Phalanta madagascariensis (Mabille, 1887)
* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
* Coeliades fervida (Butler, 1880)
* Coeliades fidia Evans, 1937
* Coeliades forestan arbogastes (Guenée, 1863)
* Coeliades rama Evans, 1937
* Coeliades ramanatek (Boisduval, 1833)

### Pyrginae

**Celaenorrhinini**

* Celaenorrhinus ambra Evans, 1937
* Celaenorrhinus humbloti (Mabille, 1884)

**Tagiadini**

* Tagiades insularis Mabille, 1876
* Tagiades samborana Grose-Smith, 1891
* Eagris nottoana smithii (Mabille, [1887])
* Eagris sabadius andracne (Boisduval, 1833)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Fulda australis Viette, 1956
* Fulda bernieri (Boisduval, 1833)
* Fulda coroller (Boisduval, 1833)
* Fulda gatiana (Oberthür, 1923)
* Fulda imorina Evans, 1937
* Fulda lucida Evans, 1937
* Fulda pauliani Evans, 1952
* Fulda rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
* Arnetta ellipsis (Saalmüller, 1884)
* Arnetta fito Evans, 1937
* Arnetta hyposticta (Mabille, 1898)
* Xanthodisca ariel (Mabille, 1878)
* Acleros leucopyga (Mabille, 1877)
* Malaza carmides (Hewitson, 1868)
* Malaza empyreus (Mabille, 1878)
* Malaza fastuosus (Mabille, 1884)
* Perrotia albiplaga Oberthür, 1916
* Perrotia eximia (Oberthür, 1923)
* Perrotia gillias (Mabille, 1878)
* Perrotia kingdoni (Butler, 1879)
* Perrotia malchus (Mabille, 1879)
* Perrotia flora (Oberthür, 1923)
* Perrotia howa (Mabille, 1876)
* Perrotia ismael (Oberthür, 1916)
* Perrotia ochracea (Evans, 1937)
* Perrotia paroechus (Mabille, [1887])
* Perrotia silvestralis (Viette, 1956)
* Perrotia sylvia (Evans, 1937)
* Perrotia varians (Oberthür, 1916)
* Ploetzia amygdalis (Mabille, 1877)
* Artitropa alaotrana Oberthür, 1916
* Artitropa boseae (Saalmüller, 1880)
* Artitropa hollandi Oberthür, 1916

**Baorini**

* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Borbo havei (Boisduval, 1833)
* Borbo ratek (Boisduval, 1833)
* Parnara naso poutieri (Boisduval, 1833)

### Heteropterinae

* Hovala amena (Grose-Smith, 1891)
* Hovala arota Evans, 1937
* Hovala dispar (Mabille, 1877)
* Hovala pardalina (Butler, 1879)
* Hovala saclavus (Mabille, 1891)
