List of butterflies of Kenya

This is a list of butterflies of Kenya. About 559 species are known from Kenya, 34 of which are endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio chrapkowskii Ernst Suffert, 1904
 * Papilio desmondi desmondi van Someren, 1939
 * Papilio desmondi teita van Someren, 1960
 * Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
 * Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
 * Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871
 * Papilio constantinus lecerfi Koçak, 1996
 * Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
 * Papilio echerioides kiellandi Clifton & Collins, 1997
 * Papilio echerioides nyiro Carcasson, 1962
 * Papilio echerioides wertheri Karsch, 1898
 * Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
 * Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
 * Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
 * Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
 * Papilio phorcas roscoei Cramer, 1775

Leptocercini

 * Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Graphium kirbyi (Hewitson, 1872)
 * Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
 * Graphium porthaon porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Graphium porthaon mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Graphium philonoe philonoe (Ward, 1873)
 * Graphium philonoe whalleyi (Talbot, 1929)

Coliadinae

 * Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)

Pierinae

 * Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
 * Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis daira jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890)
 * Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865)
 * Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
 * Colotis eunoma flotowi (Suffert, 1904)
 * Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Colotis evenina sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884)
 * Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
 * Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939
 * Colotis hetaera hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896)
 * Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
 * Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)
 * Colotis phisadia rothschildi (Sharpe, 1898)
 * Colotis phisadia vagus d'Abrera, 1980
 * Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886)
 * Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
 * Colotis rogersi (Dixey, 1915)
 * Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
 * Colotis vesta catachrysops (Butler, 1878)
 * Colotis vesta hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
 * Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
 * Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
 * Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
 * Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)

Pierini

 * Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
 * Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
 * Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
 * Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
 * Mylothris jacksoni jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
 * Mylothris jacksoni cephisus Talbot, 1946
 * Mylothris jacksoni sagitta Clifton, 1980
 * Mylothris kilimensis Kielland, 1990
 * Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
 * Mylothris sagala narcissus Butler, 1888
 * Mylothris sagala neumanni Sharpe, 1896
 * Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
 * Dixeia charina liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Dixeia charina pulverulenta (Dixey, 1929)
 * Dixeia doxo costata Talbot, 1943
 * Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900)
 * Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
 * Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
 * Belenois margaritacea margaritacea Sharpe, 1891
 * Belenois margaritacea somereni (Talbot, 1928)
 * Belenois margaritacea kenyensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
 * Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900
 * Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921)
 * Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)

Liphyrini

 * Aslauga orientalis Cottrell, 1981
 * Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

Miletini

 * Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
 * Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
 * Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
 * Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema dohertyi Libert, 1996

Liptenini

 * Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Alaena johanna johanna Sharpe, 1890
 * Alaena johanna tsavoa Jackson, 1966
 * Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966
 * Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896
 * Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
 * Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907)
 * Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
 * Pentila tropicalis chyulu van Someren, 1939
 * Pentila tropicalis mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
 * Ornipholidotos katangae Stempffer, 1947
 * Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
 * Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
 * Mimacraea marshalli marshalli Trimen, 1898
 * Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi Rothschild, 1901
 * Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)
 * Liptena kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
 * Tetrarhanis ilma (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956)
 * Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
 * Eresina crola Talbot, 1935
 * Teriomima subpunctata Kirby, 1887
 * Teriomima micra (Grose-Smith, 1898)
 * Teriomima parva Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
 * Baliochila dubiosa Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
 * Baliochila minima (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
 * Baliochila amanica Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
 * Baliochila latimarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
 * Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
 * Baliochila confusa Henning & Henning, 2004
 * Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
 * Baliochila stygia Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
 * Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
 * Eresinopsides bichroma jefferyi Stempffer, 1950

Epitolini

 * Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
 * Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
 * Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 * Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
 * Deloneura ochrascens ochrascens (Neave, 1904)
 * Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
 * Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910
 * Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997

Aphnaeinae

 * Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)
 * Chloroselas azurea Butler, 1900
 * Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
 * Chloroselas minima Jackson, 1966
 * Chloroselas pseudozeritis pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
 * Chloroselas pseudozeritis umbrosa Jackson, 1966
 * Chloroselas trembathi Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Chloroselas vansomereni Jackson, 1966
 * Vansomerenia rogersi (Riley, 1932)
 * Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
 * Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
 * Cigaritis nairobiensis (Sharpe, 1904)
 * Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
 * Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
 * Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
 * Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
 * Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Axiocerses collinsi Henning & Henning, 1996
 * Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
 * Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
 * Aloeides conradsi talboti Tite & Dickson, 1973
 * Aphnaeus coronae littoralis Carcasson, 1964
 * Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
 * Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954
 * Aphnaeus neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926
 * Aphnaeus williamsi Carcasson, 1964

Theclinae

 * Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
 * Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
 * Myrina subornata kacheleba d'Abrera, 1980
 * Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
 * Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
 * Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
 * Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis Stempffer, 1954
 * Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Leptomyrina gorgias cana Talbot, 1935
 * Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
 * Iolaus bolissus Hewitson, 1873
 * Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953
 * Iolaus apatosa (Stempffer, 1952)
 * Iolaus arborifera (Butler, 1901)
 * Iolaus bansana Bethune-Baker, 1926
 * Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
 * Iolaus diametra diametra (Karsch, 1895)
 * Iolaus diametra littoralis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
 * Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
 * Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
 * Iolaus jacksoni (Stempffer, 1950)
 * Iolaus mermis (Druce, 1896)
 * Iolaus mimosae haemus (Talbot, 1935)
 * Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
 * Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895
 * Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)
 * Iolaus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889
 * Iolaus tajoraca tajoraca Walker, 1870
 * Iolaus tajoraca ertli Aurivillius, 1916
 * Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
 * Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980)
 * Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1901)
 * Iolaus crawshayi elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
 * Iolaus crawshayi nyanzae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
 * Iolaus maritimus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
 * Iolaus poultoni (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
 * Stugeta bowkeri kedonga van Someren, 1939
 * Stugeta bowkeri mombasae Butler, 1901
 * Stugeta bowkeri nyanzana Wichgraf, 1911
 * Stugeta carpenteri Stempffer, 1946
 * Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934
 * Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
 * Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
 * Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
 * Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
 * Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
 * Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
 * Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
 * Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
 * Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
 * Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
 * Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
 * Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948
 * Deudorix vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
 * Capys calpurnia Henning & Henning, 1988
 * Capys catharus rileyi Stempffer, 1967
 * Capys collinsi Henning & Henning, 1988
 * Capys cupreus Henning & Henning, 1988
 * Capys hermes Henning & Henning, 1988
 * Capys juliae Henning & Henning, 1988
 * Capys meruensis Henning & Henning, 1988

Lycaeninae

 * Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Anthene butleri butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
 * Anthene butleri galla Stempffer, 1947
 * Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954
 * Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
 * Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
 * Anthene hobleyi hobleyi (Neave, 1904)
 * Anthene hobleyi elgonensis (Aurivillius, 1925)
 * Anthene hobleyi teita Stempffer, 1961
 * Anthene hodsoni hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene hodsoni usamba (Talbot, 1937)
 * Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
 * Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
 * Anthene lemnos loa (Strand, 1911)
 * Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
 * Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
 * Anthene otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902)
 * Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922)
 * Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
 * Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
 * Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene staudingeri obsoleta (Stempffer, 1947)
 * Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
 * Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

Polyommatini

 * Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
 * Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
 * Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
 * Phlyaria cyara (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
 * Harpendyreus aequatorialis (Sharpe, 1892)
 * Harpendyreus marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
 * Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
 * Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
 * Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
 * Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
 * Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
 * Tuxentius calice gregorii (Butler, 1894)
 * Tuxentius cretosus cretosus (Butler, 1876)
 * Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904)
 * Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
 * Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
 * Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
 * Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
 * Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
 * Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
 * Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
 * Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
 * Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
 * Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, 1824)
 * Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
 * Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
 * Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
 * Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Euchrysops horus (Stoneham, 1938)
 * Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
 * Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
 * Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
 * Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
 * Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
 * Lepidochrysops kitale (Stempffer, 1936)
 * Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
 * Lepidochrysops elgonae elgonae Stempffer, 1950
 * Lepidochrysops elgonae moyo van Someren, 1957
 * Lepidochrysops jansei van Someren, 1957
 * Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
 * Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
 * Lepidochrysops lukenia van Someren, 1957
 * Lepidochrysops neonegus neonegus (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
 * Lepidochrysops neonegus borealis van Someren, 1957
 * Lepidochrysops peculiaris peculiaris (Rogenhofer, 1891)
 * Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
 * Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
 * Lepidochrysops pterou pterou (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
 * Lepidochrysops pterou suk van Someren, 1957
 * Lepidochrysops victoriae vansomereni Stempffer, 1951

Danaini

 * Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
 * Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897
 * Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936
 * Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896
 * Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
 * Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Melanitini

 * Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
 * Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894)
 * Aphysoneura scapulifascia collinsi Kielland, 1989

Satyrini

 * Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
 * Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
 * Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963
 * Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910)
 * Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
 * Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
 * Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
 * Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
 * Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
 * Heteropsis peitho (Plötz, 1880)
 * Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
 * Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) - common three ring
 * Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
 * Ypthima jacksoni Kielland, 1982
 * Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
 * Ypthima rhodesiana Carcasson, 1961
 * Ypthima yatta Kielland, 1982
 * Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
 * Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
 * Neocoenyra masaica Carcasson, 1958
 * Coenyropsis carcassoni Kielland, 1976
 * Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Neita victoriae (Aurivillius, 1899)

Charaxini

 * Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1777)
 * Charaxes acuminatus kulalae van Someren, 1975
 * Charaxes acuminatus oreas Talbot, 1932
 * Charaxes acuminatus shimbanus van Someren, 1963
 * Charaxes acuminatus teitensis van Someren, 1963
 * Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
 * Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith, 1889
 * Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
 * Charaxes jasius harrisoni Sharpe, 1904
 * Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
 * Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
 * Charaxes hansali kulalae van Someren, 1975
 * Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
 * Charaxes ansorgei jacksoni Poulton, 1933
 * Charaxes ansorgei loita Plantrou, 1982
 * Charaxes eudoxus amaurus Poulton, 1929
 * Charaxes overlaeti Schouteden, 1934
 * Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
 * Charaxes xiphares desmondi van Someren, 1939
 * Charaxes xiphares kulal van Someren, 1962
 * Charaxes xiphares walwandi Collins, 1989
 * Charaxes nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
 * Charaxes cithaeron kennethi Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes cithaeron nairobicus van Son, 1953
 * Charaxes violetta maritima van Someren, 1966
 * Charaxes violetta meru van Someren, 1966
 * Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
 * Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
 * Charaxes achaemenes monticola van Someren, 1970
 * Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis Carpenter, 1937
 * Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925
 * Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974
 * Charaxes baumanni baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891
 * Charaxes baumanni bamptoni van Someren, 1974
 * Charaxes baumanni nyiro Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971
 * Charaxes blanda kenyae Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes ethalion littoralis van Someren, 1967
 * Charaxes ethalion marsabitensis van Someren, 1967
 * Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967
 * Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
 * Charaxes chanleri Holland, 1896
 * Charaxes kirki Butler, 1881
 * Charaxes aubyni aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952
 * Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957
 * Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969
 * Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis Poulton, 1929
 * Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871
 * Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

Euxanthini

 * Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
 * Charaxes tiberius tiberius (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Charaxes tiberius meruensis (van Someren, 1936)

Nymphalinae

 * Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)

Nymphalini

 * Antanartia schaeneia (Trimen, 1879)
 * Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
 * Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966
 * Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
 * Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
 * Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
 * Salamis cacta cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Salamis cacta amaniensis Vosseler, 1907
 * Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
 * Precis actia Distant, 1880
 * Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
 * Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891
 * Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
 * Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
 * Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)
 * Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
 * Hypolimnas usambara (Ward, 1872)

Biblidini

 * Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
 * Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
 * Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

Epicaliini

 * Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
 * Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
 * Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

Limenitidini

 * Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892)
 * Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
 * Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
 * Cymothoe teita van Someren, 1939
 * Pseudacraea deludens echerioides Talbot, 1941

Neptidini

 * Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
 * Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913
 * Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
 * Neptis katama Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951
 * Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914
 * Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
 * Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
 * Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
 * Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896
 * Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
 * Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921

Adoliadini

 * Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935
 * Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
 * Bebearia orientis orientis (Karsch, 1895)
 * Bebearia orientis dealbata (Carcasson, 1958)
 * Bebearia orientis taveta Clifton, 1980
 * Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia chriemhilda (Staudinger, 1896)
 * Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
 * Euphaedra viridicaerulea nitidula van Someren, 1935
 * Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
 * Euphaedra rattrayi Sharpe, 1904
 * Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
 * Euphaedra neophron littoralis Talbot, 1929
 * Euphaedra neophron ellenbecki Pagenstrecher, 1902
 * Euphaedra neophron meruensis van Someren, 1935
 * Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Pseudathyma lucretioides Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
 * Pseudathyma nzoia van Someren, 1939

Acraeini

 * Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
 * Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
 * Acraea boopis ama Pierre, 1979
 * Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
 * Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
 * Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
 * Acraea magnifica Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
 * Acraea matuapa Grose-Smith, 1889
 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
 * Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
 * Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873
 * Acraea satis Ward, 1871
 * Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acraea rudolfi Eltringham, 1929
 * Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
 * Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
 * Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
 * Acraea pudorina Staudinger, 1885
 * Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
 * Acraea caecilia caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Acraea caecilia kulal van Someren, 1936
 * Acraea caecilia pudora Aurivillius, 1910
 * Acraea caldarena caldarena Hewitson, 1877
 * Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878
 * Acraea equatorialis equatorialis Neave, 1904
 * Acraea equatorialis anaemia Eltringham, 1912
 * Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
 * Acraea mirabilis Butler, 1886
 * Acraea miranda Riley, 1920
 * Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
 * Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
 * Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902 xx
 * Acraea adrasta Weymer, 1892
 * Acraea aganice montana (Butler, 1888)
 * Acraea aganice ugandae (van Someren, 1936)
 * Acraea epaea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
 * Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
 * Acraea umbra hemileuca (Jordan, 1914)
 * Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
 * Acraea ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898
 * Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933
 * Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
 * Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
 * Acraea excelsior Sharpe, 1891
 * Acraea pentapolis Ward, 1871
 * Acraea rangatana rangatana Eltringham, 1912
 * Acraea rangatana ecketti Jackson, 1951
 * Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
 * Acraea anacreontica chyulu van Someren, 1939
 * Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
 * Acraea wigginsi Neave, 1904
 * Acraea aubyni Eltringham, 1912
 * Acraea parrhasia kenya van Someren & Rogers, 1926
 * Acraea parrhasia orientis Aurivillius, 1904

Argynnini

 * Issoria hanningtoni jeanneli (Bernardi, 1968)

Vagrantini

 * Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
 * Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
 * Coeliades keithloa kenya Evans, 1937
 * Coeliades keithloa merua Evans, 1947
 * Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

Celaenorrhinini

 * Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
 * Celaenorrhinus lourentis de Jong, 1976
 * Eretis umbra (Trimen, 1862)
 * Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
 * Sarangesa princei Karsch, 1896
 * Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956

Tagiadini

 * Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891
 * Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
 * Leucochitonea hindei Druce, 1903
 * Abantis meru Evans, 1947
 * Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
 * Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
 * Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889

Carcharodini

 * Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
 * Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
 * Spialia confusa obscura Evans, 1937
 * Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
 * Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
 * Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
 * Spialia kituina (Karsch, 1896)
 * Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
 * Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
 * Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951
 * Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Aeromachini

 * Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891)
 * Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
 * Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
 * Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Kedestes nancy Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Kedestes nerva paola Plötz, 1884
 * Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
 * Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
 * Gorgyra diva Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
 * Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
 * Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896
 * Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
 * Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
 * Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
 * Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
 * Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
 * Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
 * Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
 * Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896
 * Artitropa erinnys radiata Riley, 1925
 * Artitropa erinnys vansomereni Riley, 1925
 * Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
 * Gretna carmen carmen Evans, 1937
 * Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937
 * Leona halma Evans, 1937
 * Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
 * Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

Baorini

 * Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
 * Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925)

Heteropterinae

 * Metisella abdeli abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
 * Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938
 * Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)
 * Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
 * Metisella quadrisignatus nanda Evans, 1937
 * Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)