List of butterflies of Rwanda

This is a list of butterflies of Rwanda. About 176 species are known from Rwanda, three of which are endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
 * Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
 * Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
 * Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
 * Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924
 * Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908
 * Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

Leptocercini

 * Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Graphium gudenusi (Rebel, 1911)
 * Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
 * Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)

Coliadinae

 * Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
 * Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
 * Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

Pierinae

 * Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi Berger, 1956
 * Colotis vesta kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
 * Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940
 * Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959

Pierini

 * Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
 * Mylothris alberici Dufrane, 1940
 * Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896
 * Mylothris croceus Butler, 1896
 * Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
 * Mylothris kiwuensis kiwuensis Grünberg, 1910
 * Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
 * Mylothris polychroma Berger, 1981
 * Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909
 * Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
 * Mylothris sagala mayenceae Berger, 1987
 * Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
 * Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
 * Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953

Liphyrini

 * Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

Miletini

 * Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
 * Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915

Liptenini

 * Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)

Theclinae

 * Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
 * Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945)
 * Pilodeudorix zelomina (Rebel, 1914)

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
 * Anthene hobleyi kigezi Stempffer, 1961
 * Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)

Polyommatini

 * Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)
 * Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
 * Harpendyreus argenteostriata Stempffer, 1961
 * Harpendyreus kisaba (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Harpendyreus major (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
 * Harpendyreus marungensis wollastoni (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
 * Harpendyreus reginaldi Heron, 1909
 * Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
 * Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967
 * Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
 * Thermoniphas plurilimbata rutshurensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Lepidochrysops loveni kivuensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

Nemeobiinae

 * Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932
 * Abisara neavei Riley, 1932

Danaini

 * Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
 * Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
 * Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
 * Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
 * Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895

Melanitini

 * Gnophodes grogani Sharpe, 1901
 * Aphysoneura scapulifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1922

Satyrini

 * Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, 1896)
 * Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
 * Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
 * Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
 * Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
 * Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
 * Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
 * Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
 * Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
 * Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
 * Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886

Charaxini

 * Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
 * Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
 * Charaxes alticola Grünberg, 1911
 * Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
 * Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
 * Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932
 * Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914
 * Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
 * Charaxes eudoxus lequeuxi Plantrou, 1982
 * Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
 * Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
 * Charaxes xiphares burgessi van Son, 1953
 * Charaxes imperialis werneri Turlin, 1989
 * Charaxes fournierae vandenberghei Collins, 1982
 * Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis Plantrou, 1976
 * Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Charaxes montis Jackson, 1956
 * Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909
 * Charaxes turlini & Plantrou, 1978
 * Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969
 * Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Charaxes pleione delvauxi Turlin, 1987
 * Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
 * Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991

Euxanthini

 * Charaxes crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)

Nymphalinae

 * Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)

Nymphalini

 * Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
 * Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
 * Vanessa abyssinica vansomereni (Howarth, 1966)
 * Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
 * Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
 * Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
 * Precis actia Distant, 1880
 * Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
 * Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909
 * Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
 * Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Biblidini

 * Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)

Limenitidini

 * Cymothoe collarti werneri Beaurain, 1984
 * Kumothales inexpectata Overlaet, 1940
 * Pseudacraea deludens rwandaensis Hecq, 1991

Neptidini

 * Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996
 * Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
 * Neptis marci Collins & Larsen, 1998 (endemic)
 * Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996

Adoliadini

 * Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
 * Euriphene excelsior (Rebel, 1911)
 * Euriphene saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
 * Bebearia sophus monforti Hecq, 1990
 * Bebearia dowsetti Hecq, 1990 (endemic)
 * Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
 * Euphaedra barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1922
 * Euphaedra margueriteae Hecq, 1978
 * Euphaedra harpalyce dowsetti Hecq, 1990

Acraeini

 * Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
 * Acraea hamata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
 * Acraea turlini Pierre, 1979 (endemic)
 * Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
 * Acraea persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
 * Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
 * Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
 * Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
 * Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
 * Acraea toruna Grose-Smith, 1900
 * Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
 * Acraea rangatana bettiana Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Acraea uvui Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
 * Acraea cinerea Neave, 1904
 * Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891
 * Acraea orinata Oberthür, 1893

Argynnini

 * Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896)

Vagrantini

 * Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Coeliadinae

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

Tagiadini

 * Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927)

Aeromachini

 * Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
 * Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
 * Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
 * Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910

Baorini

 * Zenonia crasta Evans, 1937

Heteropterinae

 * Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
 * Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)