List of butterflies of Sierra Leone

This is a list of butterflies of Sierra Leone. About 710 species are known from Sierra Leone, four of which are endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782
 * Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
 * Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
 * Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
 * Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
 * Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
 * Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
 * Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
 * Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
 * Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
 * Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

Leptocercini

 * Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
 * Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904)
 * Graphium illyris (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Graphium latreillianus (Godart, 1819)
 * Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)

Pseudopontiinae

 * Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)

Coliadinae

 * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
 * Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
 * Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
 * Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)
 * Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
 * Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
 * Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

 * Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952
 * Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
 * Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)
 * Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965

Pierini

 * Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
 * Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)
 * Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
 * Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Mylothris poppea (Cramer, 1777)
 * Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Mylothris dimidiata Aurivillius, 1898
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
 * Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
 * Belenois hedyle ianthe (Doubleday, 1842)
 * Belenois hedyle rhena (Doubleday, 1846)

Liphyrini

 * Euliphyra hewitsoni Aurivillius, 1899
 * Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914
 * Aslauga marginalis Kirby, 1890

Miletini

 * Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)

Liptenini

 * Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Pentila abraxas (Westwood, 1851)
 * Pentila condamini Stempffer, 1963
 * Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
 * Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874
 * Pentila petreoides Bethune-Baker, 1915
 * Pentila preussi Staudinger, 1888
 * Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])
 * Ornipholidotos tiassale Stempffer, 1969
 * Ornipholidotos onitshae Stempffer, 1962
 * Ornipholidotos issia Stempffer, 1969
 * Ornipholidotos nympha Libert, 2000
 * Torbenia wojtusiaki Libert, 2000
 * Mimacraea darwinia Butler, 1872
 * Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
 * Mimeresia debora catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Mimeresia issia Stempffer, 1969
 * Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Mimeresia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Liptena albicans Cator, 1904
 * Liptena catalina (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)
 * Liptena helena (Druce, 1888)
 * Liptena praestans (Grose-Smith, 1901)
 * Liptena bia Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2008
 * Liptena septistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Liptena similis (Kirby, 1890)
 * Liptena simplicia Möschler, 1887
 * Liptena submacula liberiana Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
 * Liptena xanthostola coomassiensis Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Kakumia otlauga (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
 * Tetrarhanis baralingam (Larsen, 1998)
 * Tetrarhanis diversa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Falcuna campimus (Holland, 1890)
 * Falcuna leonensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
 * Larinopoda eurema (Plötz, 1880)
 * Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887)
 * Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903
 * Micropentila mabangi Bethune-Baker, 1904
 * Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina fusca (Cator, 1904)
 * Eresina jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
 * Eresina maesseni Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina saundersi Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina theodori Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresiomera bicolor (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
 * Eresiomera isca occidentalis Collins & Larsen, 1998
 * Eresiomera petersi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
 * Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Citrinophila marginalis Kirby, 1887
 * Citrinophila similis (Kirby, 1887)
 * Argyrocheila undifera Staudinger, 1892

Epitolini

 * Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Iridana rougeoti Stempffer, 1964
 * Teratoneura isabellae Dudgeon, 1909
 * Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
 * Epitola uranioides occidentalis Libert, 1999
 * Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
 * Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)
 * Geritola albomaculata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Geritola virginea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Stempfferia baoule Libert, 1999
 * Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Stempfferia ciconia (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892)
 * Stempfferia dorothea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Stempfferia kholifa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Stempfferia leonina (Staudinger, 1888)
 * Stempfferia michelae Libert, 1999
 * Stempfferia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Stempfferia staudingeri (Kirby, 1890)
 * Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Cephetola nigra (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Cephetola obscura (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
 * Cephetola pinodes (Druce, 1890)
 * Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)
 * Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910
 * Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
 * Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
 * Epitolina collinsi Libert, 2000
 * Epitolina catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
 * Hypophytala hyettina (Aurivillius, 1897)
 * Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Phytala elais catori Bethune-Baker, 1903
 * Aethiopana honorius divisa (Butler, 1901)
 * Hewitsonia boisduvalii (Hewitson, 1869)
 * Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
 * Hewitsonia occidentalis Bouyer, 1997

Aphnaeinae

 * Pseudaletis zebra subangulata Talbot, 1935
 * Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)
 * Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
 * Lipaphnaeus aderna (Plötz, 1880)
 * Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)
 * Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
 * Cigaritis iza (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
 * Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
 * Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880
 * Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928
 * Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

 * Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
 * Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
 * Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
 * Hypolycaena clenchi Larsen, 1997
 * Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
 * Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
 * Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
 * Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957
 * Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893
 * Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
 * Iolaus leonis (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
 * Iolaus moyambina (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
 * Iolaus sappirus (Druce, 1902)
 * Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
 * Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
 * Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
 * Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890
 * Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
 * Iolaus laonides Aurivillius, 1898
 * Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
 * Stugeta occidentalis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958 (endemic)
 * Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)
 * Pilodeudorix catori (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Pilodeudorix leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Pilodeudorix otraeda (Hewitson, 1863)
 * Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
 * Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
 * Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
 * Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
 * Pilodeudorix kiellandi (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
 * Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
 * Paradeudorix eleala viridis (Stempffer, 1964)
 * Paradeudorix moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Paradeudorix petersi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
 * Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
 * Hypomyrina fournierae Gabriel, 1939
 * Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966
 * Deudorix galathea (Swainson, 1821)
 * Deudorix kayonza Stempffer, 1956
 * Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
 * Deudorix odana Druce, 1887

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
 * Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
 * Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Anthene lachares (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
 * Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
 * Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
 * Anthene radiata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
 * Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
 * Anthene scintillula aurea (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
 * Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
 * Anthene lusones fulvimacula (Mabille, 1890)
 * Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
 * Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
 * Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
 * Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)
 * Cupidesthes pungusei Collins & Larsen, 2005
 * Cupidesthes salvatoris Belcastro & Larsen, 2005 (endemic)

Polyommatini

 * Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
 * Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Uranothauma belcastroi Larsen, 1997
 * Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Phlyaria cyara stactalla Karsch, 1895
 * Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
 * Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893)
 * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
 * Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
 * Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
 * Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929
 * Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Euchrysops albistriata greenwoodi d'Abrera, 1980
 * Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
 * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
 * Thermoniphas micylus (Cramer, 1780)
 * Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Oboronia ornata (Mabille, 1890)
 * Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Nemeobiinae

 * Abisara gerontes (Fabricius, 1781)

Libytheinae

 * Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
 * Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
 * Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
 * Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)

Elymniini

 * Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

Melanitini

 * Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
 * Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini

 * Bicyclus abnormis (Dudgeon, 1909)
 * Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus dekeyseri (Condamin, 1958)
 * Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
 * Bicyclus ephorus Weymer, 1892
 * Bicyclus evadne (Cramer, 1779)
 * Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
 * Bicyclus ignobilis (Butler, 1870)
 * Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
 * Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
 * Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
 * Bicyclus nobilis (Aurivillius, 1893)
 * Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
 * Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
 * Bicyclus sambulos unicolor Condamin, 1971
 * Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus sangmelinae Condamin, 1963
 * Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus trilophus jacksoni Condamin, 1961
 * Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus xeneas occidentalis Condamin, 1965
 * Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
 * Hallelesis halyma (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Heteropsis elisi (Karsch, 1893)
 * Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
 * Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

Charaxini

 * Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
 * Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
 * Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
 * Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
 * Charaxes cynthia Butler, 1866
 * Charaxes lucretius Cramer, [1775]
 * Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
 * Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes eudoxus (Drury, 1782)
 * Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)
 * Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
 * Charaxes smaragdalis butleri Rothschild, 1900
 * Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874
 * Charaxes ameliae doumeti Henning, 1989
 * Charaxes pythodoris davidi Plantrou, 1973
 * Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871
 * Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
 * Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes eupale (Drury, 1782)
 * Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
 * Charaxes hildebrandti gillesi Plantrou, 1973
 * Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
 * Charaxes etheocles (Cramer, 1777)
 * Charaxes plantroui Minig, 1975
 * Charaxes angelae Minig, 1975
 * Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
 * Charaxes pleione (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872)
 * Charaxes nichetes bouchei Plantrou, 1974
 * Charaxes lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Charaxes zelica Butler, 1869
 * Charaxes porthos gallayi van Someren, 1968
 * Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899
 * Charaxes mycerina (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes carteri Butler, 1881

Euxanthini

 * Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)

Pallini

 * Palla publius Staudinger, 1892
 * Palla ussheri (Butler, 1870)
 * Palla decius (Cramer, 1777)
 * Palla violinitens (Crowley, 1890)

Apaturinae

 * Apaturopsis cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)

Nymphalinae

 * Kallimoides rumia (Doubleday, 1849)
 * Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)

Nymphalini

 * Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
 * Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
 * Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
 * Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
 * Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
 * Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
 * Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847)
 * Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
 * Precis coelestina Dewitz, 1879
 * Precis frobeniusi Strand, 1909
 * Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
 * Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
 * Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
 * Hypolimnas dinarcha (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
 * Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Cyrestini

 * Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidini

 * Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
 * Mesoxantha ethosea (Drury, 1782)
 * Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, 1779)
 * Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
 * Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
 * Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

Epicaliini

 * Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
 * Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
 * Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

Limenitidini

 * Harma theobene Doubleday, 1848
 * Cymothoe adela Staudinger, 1890
 * Cymothoe althea (Cramer, 1776)
 * Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
 * Cymothoe egesta (Cramer, 1775)
 * Cymothoe euthalioides albomarginata Neustetter, 1921
 * Cymothoe fumana (Westwood, 1850)
 * Cymothoe hartigi Belcastro, 1990
 * Cymothoe herminia gongoa Fox, 1965
 * Cymothoe jodutta (Westwood, 1850)
 * Cymothoe mabillei Overlaet, 1944
 * Cymothoe sangaris (Godart, 1824)
 * Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
 * Pseudacraea boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
 * Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pseudacraea hostilia (Drury, 1782)
 * Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])
 * Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)
 * Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

Neptidini

 * Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
 * Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
 * Neptis loma Condamin, 1971
 * Neptis continuata Holland, 1892
 * Neptis najo Karsch, 1893
 * Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
 * Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
 * Neptis mixophyes Holland, 1892
 * Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis nebrodes Hewitson, 1874
 * Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
 * Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
 * Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
 * Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
 * Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
 * Neptis paula Staudinger, 1896
 * Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
 * Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912
 * Neptis troundi Pierre-Baltus, 1978

Adoliadini

 * Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
 * Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
 * Catuna niji Fox, 1965
 * Catuna oberthueri Karsch, 1894
 * Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
 * Euryphura togoensis Suffert, 1904
 * Euryphurana nobilis (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
 * Cynandra opis (Drury, 1773)
 * Euriphene amicia gola Fox, 1965
 * Euriphene aridatha (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Euriphene taigola Sáfián & Warren-Gash, 2009
 * Euriphene aridatha feronia (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Euriphene coerulea Boisduval, 1847
 * Euriphene gambiae vera Hecq, 2002
 * Euriphene incerta (Aurivillius, 1912)
 * Euriphene leonis (Aurivillius, 1899)
 * Euriphene lomaensis Belcastro, 1986
 * Euriphene simplex (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Euriphene veronica (Stoll, 1780)
 * Euriphene doriclea (Drury, 1782)
 * Bebearia osyris (Schultze, 1920)
 * Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
 * Bebearia absolon (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia zonara (Butler, 1871)
 * Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
 * Bebearia oxione (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Bebearia abesa (Hewitson, 1869)
 * Bebearia barce (Doubleday, 1847)
 * Bebearia mardania (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia cocalia (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia paludicola blandi Holmes, 2001
 * Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
 * Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia arcadius (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia laetitia (Plötz, 1880)
 * Bebearia phantasina (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Bebearia demetra (Godart, 1824)
 * Bebearia maledicta (Strand, 1912)
 * Bebearia cutteri harleyi (Fox, 1968)
 * Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
 * Euphaedra gausape (Butler, 1866)
 * Euphaedra judith Weymer, 1892
 * Euphaedra melpomene Hecq, 1981
 * Euphaedra hastiri polymnie Hecq, 1981
 * Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Euphaedra diffusa albocoerulea Hecq, 1976
 * Euphaedra crockeri (Butler, 1869)
 * Euphaedra eusemoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
 * Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer, 1775)
 * Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871)
 * Euphaedra themis (Hübner, 1807)
 * Euphaedra dubreka Collins & Larsen, 2005
 * Euphaedra laboureana laboureana de Toulgëot, 1957
 * Euphaedra laboureana eburnensis Hecq, 1979
 * Euphaedra minuta Hecq, 1982
 * Euphaedra laguerrei Hecq, 1979
 * Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871)
 * Euphaedra vetusta (Butler, 1871)
 * Euphaedra aberrans Staudinger, 1891
 * Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Euphaedra afzelii (Felder & Felder, 1867) (endemic)
 * Euphaedra inanum (Butler, 1873)
 * Euphaedra phaethusa aurea Hecq, 1983
 * Euphaedra villiersi Condamin, 1964
 * Euphaedra francina (Godart, 1824)
 * Euphaedra eleus (Drury, 1782)
 * Euphaedra zampa (Westwood, 1850)
 * Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
 * Euphaedra perseis (Drury, 1773)
 * Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
 * Euphaedra eupalus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Euphaedra normalis Staudinger, 1891
 * Euptera dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1904
 * Euptera zowa Fox, 1965
 * Pseudathyma neptidina Karsch, 1894
 * Pseudathyma plutonica sibyllina (Staudinger, 1890)

Acraeini

 * Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
 * Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
 * Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899
 * Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
 * Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
 * Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873
 * Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865
 * Acraea consanguinea sartina (Jordan, 1910)
 * Acraea macaria (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Acraea umbra (Drury, 1782)
 * Acraea vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
 * Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
 * Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
 * Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
 * Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea circeis (Drury, 1782)
 * Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
 * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
 * Acraea peneleos Ward, 1871
 * Acraea polis Pierre, 1999
 * Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871
 * Acraea vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Acraea parrhasia (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847

Vagrantini

 * Lachnoptera anticlia (Hübner, 1819)
 * Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
 * Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
 * Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
 * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
 * Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
 * Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
 * Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Drury, 1773)

Celaenorrhinini

 * Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)
 * Katreus johnstoni (Butler, 1888)
 * Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Celaenorrhinus leona Berger, 1975
 * Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Celaenorrhinus ovalis Evans, 1937
 * Celaenorrhinus plagiatus Berger, 1976
 * Celaenorrhinus proxima maesseni Berger, 1976
 * Celaenorrhinus rutilans (Mabille, 1877)
 * Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
 * Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
 * Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
 * Sarangesa brigida (Plötz, 1879)
 * Sarangesa majorella (Mabille, 1891)
 * Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879)
 * Sarangesa tricerata (Mabille, 1891)

Tagiadini

 * Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891
 * Eagris denuba (Plötz, 1879)
 * Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890)
 * Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892)
 * Calleagris lacteus dannatti (Ehrmann, 1893)
 * Calleagris landbecki (Druce, 1910)
 * Procampta rara Holland, 1892
 * Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
 * Abantis elegantula (Mabille, 1890)
 * Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)
 * Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909
 * Abantis pseudonigeriana Usher, 1984

Carcharodini

 * Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
 * Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977
 * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Aeromachini

 * Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
 * Astictopterus anomoeus (Plötz, 1879)
 * Prosopalpus debilis (Plötz, 1879)
 * Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
 * Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901
 * Gorgyra aburae (Plötz, 1879)
 * Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
 * Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra heterochrus (Mabille, 1890)
 * Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
 * Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
 * Gorgyra pali Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra sara Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra sola Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra subfacatus (Mabille, 1890)
 * Gyrogra subnotata (Holland, 1894)
 * Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
 * Teniorhinus watsoni Holland, 1892
 * Ceratrichia crowleyi Riley, 1925
 * Ceratrichia nothus (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891
 * Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
 * Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
 * Pardaleodes sator (Westwood, 1852)
 * Pardaleodes tibullus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
 * Xanthodisca rega (Mabille, 1890)
 * Rhabdomantis galatia (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Rhabdomantis sosia (Mabille, 1891)
 * Osmodes adon (Mabille, 1890)
 * Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
 * Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
 * Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
 * Osmodes laronia (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Osmodes lindseyi occidentalis Miller, 1971
 * Osmodes lux Holland, 1892
 * Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
 * Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
 * Parosmodes lentiginosa (Holland, 1896)
 * Paracleros biguttulus (Mabille, 1890)
 * Osphantes ogowena (Mabille, 1891)
 * Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
 * Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
 * Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
 * Semalea atrio (Mabille, 1891)
 * Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
 * Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
 * Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891
 * Meza cybeutes volta Miller, 1971
 * Meza elba (Evans, 1937)
 * Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
 * Meza leucophaea (Holland, 1894)
 * Meza mabea (Holland, 1894)
 * Meza mabillei (Holland, 1893)
 * Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
 * Paronymus xanthias (Mabille, 1891)
 * Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Andronymus evander (Mabille, 1890)
 * Andronymus helles Evans, 1937
 * Andronymus hero Evans, 1937
 * Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
 * Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
 * Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
 * Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey & Miller, 1965
 * Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Gretna lacida (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
 * Pteroteinon caenira (Hewitson, 1867)
 * Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
 * Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
 * Pteroteinon iricolor (Holland, 1890)
 * Pteroteinon laterculus (Holland, 1890)
 * Pteroteinon laufella (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Pteroteinon pruna Evans, 1937
 * Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
 * Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
 * Leona luehderi (Plötz, 1879)
 * Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)
 * Caenides benga (Holland, 1891)
 * Caenides otilia Belcastro, 1990
 * Caenides dacenilla Aurivillius, 1925
 * Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896
 * Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
 * Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
 * Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
 * Melphina malthina (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Melphina maximiliani Belcastro & Larsen, 2005
 * Melphina melphis (Holland, 1893)
 * Melphina statira (Mabille, 1891)
 * Melphina statirides (Holland, 1896)
 * Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)
 * Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
 * Fresna carlo Evans, 1937
 * Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
 * Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
 * Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)
 * Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)
 * Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Platylesches iva Evans, 1937
 * Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
 * Platylesches rossii Belcastro, 1986

Baorini

 * Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
 * Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
 * Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
 * Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
 * Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
 * Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
 * Borbo liana (Evans, 1937) (endemic)
 * Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
 * Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
 * Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
 * Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
 * Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)