List of butterflies of Somaliland



This is a list of butterflies of Somaliland. About 131 species are known from Somaliland, five of which are endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865
 * Papilio dardanus byatti Poulton, 1926
 * Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
 * Papilio microps Storace, 1952

Leptocercini

 * Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)

Coliadinae

 * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
 * Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
 * Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

Pierinae

 * Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis celimene praeclarus (Butler, 1886)
 * Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865)
 * Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
 * Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
 * Colotis euippe exole (Reiche, 1850)
 * Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Colotis fausta mijurteina Carpenter, 1951
 * Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939
 * Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896)
 * Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, 1819)
 * Colotis phisadia somalica Storace, 1948
 * Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886)
 * Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829) – yellow splendour tip
 * Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
 * Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
 * Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1850)
 * Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
 * Colotis agoye zephyrus (Marshall, 1897)
 * Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
 * Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Euchloe belemia abyssinica Riley, 1928
 * Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)

Pierini

 * Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
 * Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
 * Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Belenois creona benadirensis (Storace, 1948)
 * Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900
 * Belenois thysa tricolor Talbot, 1943

Liptenini

 * Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890
 * Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
 * Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

Aphnaeinae

 * Chloroselas arabica (Riley, 1932)
 * Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
 * Chloroselas ogadenensis Jackson, 1966 (endemic)
 * Cesa waggae (Sharpe, 1898) (endemic)
 * Cigaritis acamas bellatrix (Butler, 1886)
 * Cigaritis gilletti (Riley, 1925) (endemic)
 * Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
 * Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
 * Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
 * Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

Theclinae

 * Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
 * Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
 * Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
 * Iolaus mimosae berbera (Bethune-Baker, 1924)
 * Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870
 * Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
 * Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
 * Stugeta bowkeri albeza (Koçak, 1996)
 * Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
 * Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
 * Anthene crawshayi minuta (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
 * Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
 * Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
 * Anthene otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902)
 * Anthene pitmani somalina Stempffer, 1936

Polyommatini

 * Tuxentius cretosus lactinatus (Butler, 1886)
 * Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
 * Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
 * Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
 * Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
 * Euchrysops migiurtiniensis Stempffer, 1946 (endemic)
 * Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
 * Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
 * Lepidochrysops fumosa (Butler, 1886)
 * Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Danaini

 * Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
 * Tirumala formosa neumanni (Rothschild, 1902)
 * Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888
 * Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Satyrini

 * Lasiommata maderakal (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
 * Ypthima jacksoni Kielland, 1982
 * Ypthima simplicia Butler, 1876
 * Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
 * Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
 * Neocoenyra rufilineata Butler, 1894 (endemic)
 * Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)

Charaxini

 * Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
 * Charaxes jasius pagenstecheri Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes hansali Felder, 1867
 * Charaxes etesipe patrizii Storace, 1949
 * Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

Nymphalini

 * Junonia terea fumata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
 * Precis coelestina Dewitz, 1879
 * Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)
 * Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
 * Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Biblidini

 * Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)

Adoliadini

 * Bebearia orientis (Karsch, 1895)
 * Euphaedra neophron ellenbecki Pagenstrecher, 1902

Acraeini

 * Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
 * Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
 * Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
 * Acraea doubledayi Guérin-Méneville, 1849
 * Acraea mirabilis Butler, 1886
 * Acraea miranda Riley, 1920
 * Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
 * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
 * Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Celaenorrhinini

 * Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Tagiadini

 * Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979

Carcharodini

 * Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
 * Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
 * Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
 * Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)

Aeromachini

 * Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)

Heteropterinae

 * Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)