List of butterflies of Lesotho

This is a list of butterflies of Lesotho. About 93 species are known from Lesotho, one of which, Torynesis pringlei, is endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

Coliadinae

 * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
 * Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
 * Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763)

Pierinae

 * Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
 * Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)

Pierini

 * Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)

Miletini

 * Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857)

Aphnaeinae

 * Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864)
 * Chrysoritis turneri amatola (Dickson & McMaster, 1967)
 * Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953)
 * Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
 * Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973
 * Aloeides pierus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983
 * Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973
 * Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870)
 * Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968
 * Aloeides dentatis maseruna (Riley, 1938)
 * Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976
 * Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968

Theclinae

 * Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Leptomyrina lara (Linnaeus, 1764)

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
 * Lycaena clarki Clark & Dickson, 1971

Polyommatini

 * Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
 * Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
 * Harpendyreus tsomo (Trimen, 1868)
 * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
 * Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
 * Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868)
 * Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Eicochrysops messapus messapus (Godart, 1824)
 * Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Orachrysops nasutus remus Henning & Henning, 1994
 * Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
 * Lepidochrysops lerothodi (Trimen, 1904)
 * Lepidochrysops letsea (Trimen, 1870)
 * Lepidochrysops loewensteini (Swanepoel, 1951)
 * Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
 * Lepidochrysops ortygia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
 * Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
 * Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)

Melanitini

 * Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)

Satyrini

 * Neita lotenia (van Son, 1949)
 * Pseudonympha magoides van Son, 1955
 * Pseudonympha varii van Son, 1955
 * Pseudonympha gaika Riley, 1938
 * Pseudonympha paludis Riley, 1938
 * Pseudonympha penningtoni Riley, 1938
 * Pseudonympha machacha Riley, 1938
 * Paternympha narycia (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Stygionympha vigilans (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
 * Stygionympha scotina Quickelberge, 1977
 * Stygionympha wichgrafi williami Henning & Henning, 1996
 * Serradinga bowkeri (Trimen, 1870)
 * Torynesis pringlei Dickson, 1979

Nymphalini

 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
 * Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Biblidini

 * Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

Acraeini

 * Acraea horta (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
 * Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
 * Acraea anacreon Trimen, 1868

Vagrantini

 * Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Coeliadinae

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

Carcharodini

 * Spialia agylla (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
 * Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
 * Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
 * Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
 * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Aeromachini

 * Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
 * Kedestes niveostriga (Trimen, 1864)

Baorini

 * Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)

Heteropterinae

 * Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868)
 * Metisella malgacha orina Vári, 1976
 * Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868)
 * Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870)