List of butterflies of the Comoros
# List of butterflies of the Comoros

This is a list of butterflies of the Comoro Islands. About 88 species are known from the Comoros, 19 of which are endemic.

This is a list of butterfly species which have been recorded on the Comoros and on Mayotte, which is geographically part of the Comoro Islands.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

* Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897 (endemic)
* Papilio dardanus humbloti Oberthür, 1888
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudi Turlin & Guilbot, 1990
* Papilio epiphorbas praedicta Turlin & Guilbot, 1990

**Leptocercini**

* Graphium evombar viossati Collins, 1997
* Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
* Graphium levassori (Oberthür, 1886) (endemic)

## Pieridae

### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurema desjardinsii (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurema floricola anjuana (Butler, 1879)
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

* Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis evanthe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896)

**Pierini**

* Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
* Appias sabina comorensis Talbot, 1943
* Mylothris humbloti (Oberthür, 1888) (endemic)
* Mylothris ngaziya (Oberthür, 1888) (endemic)
* Belenois creona elisa (van Vollenhoven, 1869)

## Lycaenidae

### Theclinae

**Theclini**

* Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887

### Polyommatinae

**Polyommatini**

* Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
* Leptotes casca (Tite, 1958) (endemic)
* Leptotes mayottensis (Tite, 1958) (endemic)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
* Azanus sitalces mayotti d'Abrera, 1980
* Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1995 (endemic)
* Eicochrysops sanguigutta (Mabille, 1879)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)

## Nymphalidae

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
* Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
* Amauris comorana Oberthür, 1897 (endemic)
* Amauris nossima (Ward, 1870)
* Amauris ochlea affinis Aurivillius, 1911
* Amauris ochlea moya Turlin, 1994

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

**Satyrini**

* Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
* Heteropsis comorana comorana (Oberthür, 1916) (endemic)
* Heteropsis comorana subrufa (Turlin, 1994) (endemic)
* Heteropsis narcissus fraterna (Butler, 1868)
* Heteropsis narcissus comorensis (Oberthür, 1916)
* Heteropsis narcissus salimi (Turlin, 1994)
* Heteropsis narcissus mayottensis (Oberthür, 1916)

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes saperanus Poulton, 1926 (endemic)
* Charaxes castor comoranus Rothschild, 1903
* Charaxes paradoxa Lathy, 1925 (endemic)
* Charaxes nicati Canu, 1991 (endemic)
* Charaxes viossati Canu, 1991 (endemic)

### Nymphalinae

**Nymphalini**

* Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
* Salamis humbloti Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
* Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Vanessa dimorphica comoroica (Howarth, 1966)

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Byblia anvatara (Boisduval, 1833)
* Eurytela dryope lineata Aurivillius, 1899

### Limenitinae

**Limenitidini**

* Pseudacraea imerina anjouana Collins, 1991
* Pseudacraea lucretia comorana Oberthür, 1890
* Pseudacraea lucretia karthalae Collins, 1991

**Neptidini**

* Neptis comorarum comorarum Oberthür, 1890 (endemic)
* Neptis comorarum legrandi Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
* Neptis cormilloti Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
* Neptis mayottensis Oberthür, 1890 (endemic)

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea dammii van Vollenhoven, 1869
* Acraea igati Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea lia Mabille, 1879
* Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea masaris masaris Oberthür, 1893 (endemic)
* Acraea masaris jodina Pierre, 1992 (endemic)
* Acraea comor Pierre, 1992 (endemic)

**Vagrantini**

* Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades ramanatek comorana Evans, 1937

### Pyrginae

**Tagiadini**

* Tagiades insularis grandis Evans, 1937
* Tagiades insularis mayotta Evans, 1937
* Tagiades samborana rana Evans, 1937
* Eagris sabadius comorana Evans, 1937
* Eagris sabadius isabella Turlin, 1995

### Hesperiinae

**Aeromachini**

* Artitropa erinnys comorarum Oberthür, 1916

**Baorini**

* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Borbo fatuellus dolens (Mabille, 1898)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
