List of butterflies of the Gambia
# List of butterflies of the Gambia

This is a list of butterflies of the Gambia. About 173 species are known from Gambia none of which are thought to be endemic.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

* Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
* Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
* Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
* Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
* Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])

**Pierini**

* Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
* Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
* Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
* Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
* Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
* Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

## Lycaenidae

### Miletinae

**Miletini**

* Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
* Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890
* Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)

### Poritiinae

* Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)

### Aphnaeinae

* Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
* Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

### Theclinae

* Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)

**Theclini**

* Hypolycaena condamini Stempffer, 1956
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
* Iolaus menas Druce, 1890
* Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890
* Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
* Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
* Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis Libert, 2004
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
* Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
* Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

**Polyommatini**

* Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

## Nymphalidae

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
* Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

**Satyrini**

* Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
* Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
* Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
* Ypthima vuattouxi Kielland, 1982
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes cynthia Butler, 1866
* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970
* Charaxes viola Butler, 1866

### 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 terea (Drury, 1773)
* Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
* Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894

### Limenitinae

**Neptidini**

* Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

**Adoliadini**

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
* Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
* Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
* Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
* Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
* Acraea umbra carpenteri (Le Doux, 1937)
* Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

**Vagrantini**

* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
* Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

### Pyrginae

**Celaenorrhinini**

* Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
* Sarangesa tricerata (Mabille, 1891)

**Tagiadini**

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901

**Carcharodini**

* Spialia diomus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
* Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
* Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937
* Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
* Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
* Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
* Zophopetes quaternata (Mabille, 1876)
* Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
* Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
* Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)
* Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
* Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
* Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)

**Baorini**

* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
* Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
* Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
* Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
* Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
* Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)
* Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)
