List of butterflies of Togo

This is a list of butterflies of Togo. About 414 species are known from Togo, none of which is 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 cyproeofila Butler, 1868
 * Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
 * Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

Leptocercini

 * Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
 * Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904)
 * Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
 * Graphium almansor carchedonius (Karsch, 1895)

Coliadinae

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

Pierinae

 * Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
 * 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 aburi Larsen & Collins, 2003
 * Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Mylothris jaopura Karsch, 1893
 * Mylothris poppea (Cramer, 1777)
 * Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
 * Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
 * Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)
 * Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)

Liphyrini

 * Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Aslauga ernesti (Karsch, 1895)
 * Aslauga marginalis Kirby, 1890

Miletini

 * Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
 * Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
 * Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
 * Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890
 * Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
 * Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996

Liptenini

 * Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
 * Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874
 * Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874
 * Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])
 * Telipna semirufa (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
 * Mimacraea maesseni Libert, 2000
 * Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
 * Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Liptena alluaudi Mabille, 1890
 * Liptena pearmani Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
 * Liptena rochei Stempffer, 1951
 * Liptena septistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Tetrarhanis symplocus Clench, 1965
 * Larinopoda aspidos Druce, 1890
 * Eresiomera bicolor (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
 * Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Citrinophila marginalis Kirby, 1887

Epitolini

 * 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 gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Stempfferia dorothea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Stempfferia kholifa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Stempfferia leonina (Staudinger, 1888)
 * Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Cephetola collinsi Libert & Larsen, 1999
 * Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
 * Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
 * Epitolina catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
 * Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890)
 * Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Hypophytala ultramarina Libert & Collins, 1999
 * Aethiopana honorius (Butler, 1901)
 * Hewitsonia inexpectata (Bouyer, 1997)

Aphnaeinae

 * Pseudaletis agrippina Druce, 1888
 * Pseudaletis catori Bethune-Baker, 1926
 * Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)
 * Lipaphnaeus leonina ivoirensis Stempffer, 1966
 * Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
 * Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
 * Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

Theclinae

 * Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
 * Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
 * Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
 * Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
 * Hypolycaena kakumi Larsen, 1997
 * Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
 * Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893
 * Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
 * Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
 * Iolaus laon Hewitson, 1878
 * Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
 * Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
 * Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
 * Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
 * Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
 * Iolaus theodori Stempffer, 1970
 * Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
 * Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
 * Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Pilodeudorix aucta (Karsch, 1895)
 * Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
 * Pilodeudorix catalla (Karsch, 1895)
 * Paradeudorix eleala viridis (Stempffer, 1964)
 * Paradeudorix moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
 * Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
 * Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
 * Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
 * Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
 * Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
 * Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
 * Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
 * Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
 * Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)

Polyommatini

 * Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
 * Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
 * Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Phlyaria cyara stactalla Karsch, 1895
 * Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893)
 * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
 * Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
 * Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
 * Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Thermoniphas micylus (Cramer, 1780)
 * Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Oboronia ornata (Mabille, 1890)
 * Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
 * Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Lepidochrysops quassi (Karsh, 1895)
 * Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
 * Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

Libytheinae

 * Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
 * Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
 * Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
 * Amauris crawshayi camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925
 * 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)

Satyrini

 * Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
 * Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
 * Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
 * Bicyclus italus (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Bicyclus maesseni Condamin, 1971
 * Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
 * Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
 * Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
 * Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
 * Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus sangmelinae Condamin, 1963
 * Bicyclus sylvicolus Condamin, 1965
 * Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus xeneas occidentalis Condamin, 1965
 * Heteropsis elisi (Karsch, 1893)
 * Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
 * Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
 * Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

Charaxini

 * Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
 * Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
 * Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
 * Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
 * Charaxes lucretius Cramer, [1775]
 * Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
 * Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
 * Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
 * Charaxes ameliae doumeti Henning, 1989
 * Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970
 * Charaxes eupale (Drury, 1782)
 * Charaxes subornatus couilloudi Plantrou, 1976
 * Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
 * Charaxes etheocles (Cramer, 1777)
 * Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
 * Charaxes paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872)
 * Charaxes lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899

Nymphalini

 * 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)
 * Junonia cymodoce (Cramer, 1777)
 * Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
 * Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847)
 * Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
 * Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
 * 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 enotrea (Cramer, 1779)
 * Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
 * Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
 * Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

Epicaliini

 * Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

Limenitidini

 * Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
 * Cymothoe coccinata (Hewitson, [1874])
 * Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
 * Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])
 * Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)

Neptidini

 * Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
 * Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
 * Neptis najo Karsch, 1893
 * Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
 * Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
 * Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
 * Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
 * Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

Adoliadini

 * Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
 * Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
 * Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
 * Euryphura togoensis Suffert, 1904
 * Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
 * Cynandra opis (Drury, 1773)
 * Euriphene ampedusa (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Euriphene aridatha transgressa Hecq, 1994
 * Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Euriphene ernestibaumanni (Karsch, 1895)
 * Bebearia tentyris (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
 * Bebearia oxione (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Bebearia mardania (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia cocalia continentalis Hecq, 1988
 * Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Bebearia phantasina (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Bebearia demetra (Godart, 1824)
 * Euphaedra medon (Linnaeus, 1763)
 * Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Euphaedra diffusa albocoerulea Hecq, 1976
 * Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871)
 * Euphaedra themis (Hübner, 1807)
 * Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871)
 * Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Euphaedra phaethusa (Butler, 1866)
 * Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
 * Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
 * Euphaedra eupalus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Euptera crowleyi (Kirby, 1889)
 * Euptera pluto occidentalis Chovet, 1998
 * Euptera zowa Fox, 1965
 * Pseudathyma falcata Jackson, 1969

Acraeini

 * Acraea eugenia Karsch, 1893
 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
 * 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 epaea (Cramer, 1779)
 * Acraea umbra (Drury, 1782)
 * Acraea vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
 * Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
 * Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
 * Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
 * Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874
 * Acraea peneleos Ward, 1871
 * Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871
 * Acraea orina Hewitson, 1874
 * Acraea translucida Eltringham, 1912
 * Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847

Vagrantini

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

Coeliadinae

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

Celaenorrhinini

 * Katreus johnstoni (Butler, 1888)
 * Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Celaenorrhinus proxima maesseni Berger, 1976
 * Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
 * Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
 * Eretis plistonicus (Plötz, 1879)
 * Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
 * Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
 * Sarangesa majorella (Mabille, 1891)
 * Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879)

Tagiadini

 * Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Eagris denuba (Plötz, 1879)
 * Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890)
 * Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892)
 * Procampta rara Holland, 1892
 * Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
 * Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892

Carcharodini

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

Aeromachini

 * Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
 * Astictopterus anomoeus (Plötz, 1879)
 * Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra pali Evans, 1937
 * Ceratrichia nothus enantia (Karsch, 1893)
 * Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
 * Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
 * Pardaleodes sator (Westwood, 1852)
 * Pardaleodes tibullus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
 * Osmodes laronia (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
 * Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
 * Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
 * Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891
 * Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
 * Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
 * Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937
 * Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879)
 * Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey & Miller, 1965
 * Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
 * Pteroteinon laufella (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
 * Leona stoehri (Karsch, 1893)
 * Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
 * Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
 * Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
 * Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
 * Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
 * Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

Baorini

 * Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
 * Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
 * Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
 * Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)