List of butterflies of Niger

This is a list of butterflies of Niger. About 54 species are known from Niger, none of which are endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

Leptocercini

 * Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)

Coliadinae

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

Pierinae

 * Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
 * Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Colotis celimene angusi Rothschild, 1921
 * Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
 * Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
 * Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
 * Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)

Pierini

 * Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
 * Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
 * Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

Aphnaeinae

 * Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
 * Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

Theclinae

 * Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
 * Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)

Polyommatini

 * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
 * Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
 * Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
 * Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
 * Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
 * Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Melanitini

 * Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini

 * Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982

Charaxini

 * Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
 * Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978

Nymphalini

 * Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Adoliadini

 * Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

Acraeini

 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Celaenorrhinini

 * Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Carcharodini

 * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Aeromachini

 * Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)