List of butterflies of Uganda

This is a partial list of butterflies of Uganda. About 1,235 species are known from Uganda, 31 of which are endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio antimachus parva Jackson, 1956
 * Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
 * Papilio nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
 * Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865
 * Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
 * Papilio chrapkowskoides chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
 * Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
 * Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
 * Papilio sosia debilis Storace, 1951
 * Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
 * Papilio plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898
 * Papilio dardanus dardanus Brown, 1776
 * Papilio dardanus meseres Carpenter, 1948
 * Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896
 * Papilio phorcas ruscoei Krüger, 1928
 * Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
 * Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
 * Papilio mechowi mechowi Dewitz, 1881
 * Papilio mechowi whitnalli Neave, 1904
 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
 * Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
 * Papilio jacksoni jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
 * Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924
 * Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
 * Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
 * Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
 * Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983
 * Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
 * Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908
 * Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

Leptocercini

 * Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
 * Graphium junodi (Trimen, 1893)
 * Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
 * Graphium gudenusi (Rebel, 1911)
 * Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
 * Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
 * Graphium philonoe whalleyi (Talbot, 1929)
 * Graphium almansor escherichi (Gaede, 1915)
 * Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)
 * Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni Berger, 1950

Pseudopontiinae

 * Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)
 * Pseudopontia gola Sáfián & Mitter, 2010

Coliadinae

 * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
 * Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
 * Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
 * Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
 * Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

Pierinae

 * Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
 * Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
 * Colotis elgonensis elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891)
 * Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi Berger, 1956
 * Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
 * Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
 * Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940
 * Colotis hetaera aspasia (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Colotis phisadia vagus d'Abrera, 1980
 * Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
 * Colotis vesta hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
 * Colotis vesta princeps Talbot, 1939
 * Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823
 * Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
 * Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940
 * Nepheronia argia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Nepheronia argia argolisia (Stoneham, 1957)
 * Nepheronia pharis pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Nepheronia pharis silvanus (Stoneham, 1957)
 * Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
 * Nepheronia thalassina verulanus (Ward, 1871)
 * Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959
 * Leptosia alcesta pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959
 * Leptosia hybrida somereni Bernardi, 1959
 * Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
 * Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959
 * Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915)

Pierini

 * Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
 * Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948
 * Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
 * Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897)
 * Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
 * Mylothris agathina richlora Suffert, 1904
 * Mylothris alberici Dufrane, 1940
 * Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
 * Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896
 * Mylothris chloris clarissa Butler, 1888
 * Mylothris citrina orientalis Talbot, 1946
 * Mylothris continua Talbot, 1944
 * Mylothris croceus Butler, 1896
 * Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981
 * Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
 * Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
 * Mylothris kiwuensis katera Berger, 1979
 * Mylothris mafuga Berger, 1981
 * Mylothris nubila somereni Talbot, 1946
 * Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909
 * Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
 * Mylothris rueppellii tirikensis Neave, 1904
 * Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944
 * Mylothris similis noel Talbot, 1944
 * Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952
 * Mylothris subsolana Hecq, 2001
 * Mylothris yulei latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904)
 * Dixeia doxo costata Talbot, 1943
 * Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900)
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Belenois calypso minor Talbot, 1943
 * Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
 * Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
 * Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
 * Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
 * Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943
 * Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921)
 * Belenois subeida subeida (Felder & Felder, 1865)
 * Belenois subeida sylvander Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Belenois sudanensis katalensis Berger, 1981
 * Belenois theora laeta (Weymer, 1903)
 * Belenois theuszi (Dewitz, 1889)
 * Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872
 * Belenois victoria victoria Dixey, 1915
 * Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953
 * Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)

Liphyrini

 * Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Aslauga karamoja (Libert, 1994) (endemic)
 * Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914
 * Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899
 * Aslauga pandora Druce, 1913
 * Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

Miletini

 * Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
 * Megalopalpus simplex Röber, 1886
 * Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
 * Spalgis jacksoni Stempffer, 1967
 * Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
 * Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
 * Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema triangularis Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema jacksoni Stempffer, 1967
 * Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
 * Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
 * Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema reutlingeri perspicua Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910
 * Lachnocnema brunea Libert, 1996
 * Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895
 * Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890
 * Lachnocnema disrupta Talbot, 1935

Liptenini

 * Alaena caissa kagera Talbot, 1935
 * Alaena subrubra Bethune-Baker, 1915
 * Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886
 * Pentila cloetensi albida Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Pentila cloetensi catauga Rebel, 1914
 * Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893)
 * Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910
 * Pentila pauli clarensis Neave, 1903
 * Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
 * Pentila umangiana connectens Hulstaert, 1924
 * Liptenara hiendlmayri (Dewitz, 1887)
 * Telipna sulpitia Hulstaert, 1924
 * Telipna aurivillii jefferyi Jackson, 1969
 * Telipna kayonza Jackson, 1969 (endemic)
 * Telipna citrimaculata neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926
 * Telipna citrimaculata victoriae Libert, 2005
 * Telipna sheffieldi Bethune-Baker, 1926 (endemic)
 * Telipna sanguinea depuncta Talbot, 1937
 * Telipna consanguinea consanguinea Rebel, 1914
 * Telipna consanguinea ugandae Behune-Baker, 1926
 * Telipna nyanza nyanza Neave, 1904
 * Telipna nyanza katangae Stempffer, 1961
 * Ornipholidotos ugandae Stempffer, 1947
 * Ornipholidotos teroensis Stempffer, 1957
 * Ornipholidotos katangae reducta Libert, 2005
 * Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
 * Ornipholidotos overlaeti intermedia Libert, 2005
 * Ornipholidotos gemina fournierae Libert, 2005
 * Ornipholidotos josianae Libert, 2005 (endemic)
 * Ornipholidotos jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
 * Ornipholidotos ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 * Ornipholidotos latimargo (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
 * Ornipholidotos paradoxa orientis Libert, 2005
 * Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Mimacraea krausei krausei Dewitz, 1889
 * Mimacraea krausei poultoni Neave, 1904
 * Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
 * Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898
 * Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912
 * Mimeresia debora barnsi (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
 * Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937)
 * Mimeresia drucei ugandae (Stempffer, 1954)
 * Mimeresia favillacea griseata (Talbot, 1937)
 * Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
 * Mimeresia neavei (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Mimeresia russulus unyoro Stempffer, 1961
 * Liptena albomacula Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Liptena amabilis nyanzae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
 * Liptena augusta Suffert, 1904
 * Liptena batesana Bethune-Baker, 1926
 * Liptena congoana Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Liptena despecta (Holland, 1890)
 * Liptena eukrinoides Talbot, 1937
 * Liptena flavicans aequatorialis Stempffer, 1956
 * Liptena flavicans katera Stempffer, 1956
 * Liptena hapale Talbot, 1935
 * Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)
 * Liptena nigromarginata Stempffer, 1961
 * Liptena opaca ugandana Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
 * Liptena orubrum teroana Talbot, 1935
 * Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923
 * Liptena rubromacula jacksoni Carpenter, 1934
 * Liptena turbata (Kirby, 1890)
 * Liptena xanthostola xantha (Grose-Smith, 1901)
 * Kakumia ideoides (Dewitz, 1887)
 * Kakumia otlauga (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
 * Tetrarhanis ilala (Riley, 1929)
 * Tetrarhanis ilma daltoni (Poulton, 1929)
 * Tetrarhanis ilma ugandae (Stempffer, 1964)
 * Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956)
 * Falcuna iturina Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
 * Falcuna orientalis orientalis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 * Falcuna orientalis bwamba Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
 * Falcuna overlaeti Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
 * Larinopoda lagyra (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Larinopoda lircaea (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Larinopoda tera (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Micropentila bunyoro Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
 * Micropentila cherereti Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
 * Micropentila fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
 * Micropentila jacksoni Talbot, 1937
 * Micropentila katerae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
 * Micropentila mpigi Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
 * Micropentila subplagata Bethune-Baker, 1915
 * Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Micropentila victoriae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
 * Pseuderesia eleaza katera Stempffer, 1961
 * Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
 * Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina bilinea Talbot, 1935
 * Eresina conradti Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina crola Talbot, 1935
 * Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
 * Eresina katera Stempffer, 1962
 * Eresina masaka Stempffer, 1962
 * Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
 * Eresina toroensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Eresiomera magnimacula (Rebel, 1914)
 * Eresiomera paradoxa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962)
 * Eresiomera rougeoti (Stempffer, 1961)
 * Eresiomera rutilo (Druce, 1910)
 * Citrinophila erastus pallida Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Citrinophila tenera (Kirby, 1887)
 * Citrinophila unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
 * Argyrocheila inundifera Hawker-Smith, 1933
 * Argyrocheila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933

Epitolini

 * Toxochitona ankole Stempffer, 1967 (endemic)
 * Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
 * Toxochitona sankuru Stempffer, 1961
 * Toxochitona vansomereni (Stempffer, 1954) (endemic)
 * Iridana bwamba Stempffer, 1964 (endemic)
 * Iridana hypocala Eltringham, 1929
 * Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Iridana jacksoni Stempffer, 1964
 * Iridana katera Stempffer, 1964
 * Iridana marina Talbot, 1935
 * Iridana obscura Stempffer, 1964 (endemic)
 * Iridana perdita (Kirby, 1890)
 * Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
 * Iridana unyoro Stempffer, 1964
 * Teratoneura congoensis Stempffer, 1954
 * Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
 * Epitola uranioides uranoides Libert, 1999
 * Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Cerautola crippsi (Stoneham, 1934)
 * Cerautola crowleyi holochroma (Berger, 1981)
 * Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
 * Cerautola semibrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
 * Geritola cyanea (Jackson, 1964)
 * Geritola dubia (Jackson, 1964)
 * Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890)
 * Geritola liana (Roche, 1954)
 * Geritola zelica (Kirby, 1890)
 * Geritola subargentea (Jackson, 1964)
 * Stempfferia badura contrasta Libert, 1999
 * Stempfferia carilla (Roche, 1954) (endemic)
 * Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890)
 * Stempfferia ciconia mongiro (Jackson, 1968)
 * Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923)
 * Stempfferia mara (Talbot, 1935)
 * Stempfferia marginata (Kirby, 1887)
 * Stempfferia sylviae Libert, 1999
 * Cephetola bwamba (Jackson, 1964) (endemic)
 * Cephetola catuna catuna (Kirby, 1890)
 * Cephetola catuna carpenteri (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
 * Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
 * Cephetola dolorosa (Roche, 1954)
 * Cephetola kamengensis (Jackson, 1962)
 * Cephetola katerae (Jackson, 1962)
 * Cephetola kiellandi (Libert & Congdon, 1998)
 * Cephetola maculata (Hawker-Smith, 1926)
 * Cephetola mariae Libert, 1999
 * Cephetola martini (Libert, 1998)
 * Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 * Cephetola mpangensis (Jackson, 1962)
 * Cephetola nigra (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
 * Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937)
 * Cephetola subgriseata (Jackson, 1964)
 * Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 * Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935)
 * Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Deloneura ochrascens (Neave, 1904)
 * Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962
 * Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
 * Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
 * Epitolina catori ugandae Jackson, 1962
 * Hypophytala vansomereni (Jackson, 1964)
 * Phytala elais ugandae Jackson, 1964
 * Neoepitola barombiensis (Kirby, 1890)
 * Aethiopana honorius (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
 * Hewitsonia kuehnei Collins & Larsen, 2008
 * Hewitsonia intermedia Jackson, 1962
 * Hewitsonia ugandae Jackson, 1962
 * Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908

Aphnaeinae

 * Pseudaletis agrippina Druce, 1888
 * Pseudaletis busoga van Someren, 1939
 * Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
 * Lipaphnaeus aderna pan (Talbot, 1935)
 * Lipaphnaeus leonina paradoxa (Schultze, 1908)
 * Lipaphnaeus leonina loxura (Rebel, 1914)
 * Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
 * Chloroselas pseudozeritis umbrosa Jackson, 1966
 * Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
 * Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
 * Cigaritis brunnea (Jackson, 1966)
 * Cigaritis crustaria (Holland, 1890)
 * Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
 * Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
 * Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
 * Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
 * Axiocerses harpax ugandana Clench, 1963
 * Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
 * Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890
 * Aphnaeus chapini ugandae Stempffer, 1961
 * Aphnaeus coronae Talbot, 1935
 * Aphnaeus gilloni Stempffer, 1966
 * Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954
 * Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928
 * Aphnaeus nyanzae Stempffer, 1954 (endemic)
 * Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

 * Myrina sharpei Bethune-Baker, 1906
 * Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
 * Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Oxylides feminina (Sharpe, 1904)
 * Dapidodigma demeter nuptus Clench, 1961
 * Hypolycaena antifaunus latimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
 * Hypolycaena hatita ugandae Sharpe, 1904
 * Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
 * Hypolycaena kadiskos Druce, 1890
 * Hypolycaena lebona davenporti Larsen, 1997
 * Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
 * Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
 * Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
 * Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
 * Leptomyrina makala Bethune-Baker, 1908
 * Leptomyrina gorgias cana Talbot, 1935
 * Iolaus bolissus aurora Clench, 1964
 * Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953
 * Iolaus aurivillii Röber, 1900
 * Iolaus bansana yalae (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus bellina exquisita (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus creta Hewitson, 1878
 * Iolaus farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
 * Iolaus fontainei (Stempffer, 1956)
 * Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
 * Iolaus iasis albomaculatus Sharpe, 1904
 * Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
 * Iolaus mafugae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
 * Iolaus mimosae haemus (Talbot, 1935)
 * Iolaus mongiro Stempffer, 1969 (endemic)
 * Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus neavei katera Talbot, 1937
 * Iolaus pollux albocaerulea (Riley, 1929)
 * Iolaus pseudofrater Stempffer, 1962 (endemic)
 * Iolaus pseudopollux Stempffer, 1962 (endemic)
 * Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905
 * Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)
 * Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
 * Iolaus stenogrammica (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870
 * Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
 * Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980)
 * Iolaus henryi (Stempffer, 1961)
 * Iolaus gabunica (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
 * Iolaus jamesoni (Druce, 1891)
 * Iolaus parasilanus divaricatus (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
 * Iolaus vansomereni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (endemic)
 * Iolaus poecilaon (Riley, 1928)
 * Iolaus aequatorialis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus cottrelli (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus crawshayi elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus crawshayi niloticus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus iturensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Iolaus kayonza (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (endemic)
 * Iolaus lalos kigezi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
 * Iolaus timon orientius Hulstaert, 1924
 * Iolaus catori cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908
 * Stugeta marmoreus marmoreus (Butler, 1866)
 * Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934
 * Pilodeudorix baginei (Collins & Larsen, 1991)
 * Pilodeudorix ula (Karsch, 1895)
 * Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)
 * Pilodeudorix anetia (Hulstaert, 1924)
 * Pilodeudorix aruma pallidior Libert, 2004
 * Pilodeudorix azurea (Stempffer, 1964)
 * Pilodeudorix canescens (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Pilodeudorix infuscata (Stempffer, 1964)
 * Pilodeudorix leonina indentata Libert, 2004
 * Pilodeudorix mera mera (Hewitson, 1873
 * Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945)
 * Pilodeudorix nyanzana (Stempffer, 1957)
 * Pilodeudorix otraeda genuba (Hewitson, 1875)
 * Pilodeudorix ankoleensis (Stempffer, 1953) (endemic)
 * Pilodeudorix camerona katanga (Clench, 1965)
 * Pilodeudorix congoana orientalis (Stempffer, 1957)
 * Pilodeudorix kohli (Aurivillius, 1921)
 * Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
 * Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
 * Pilodeudorix zelomina (Rebel, 1914)
 * Pilodeudorix hugoi Libert, 2004
 * Pilodeudorix deritas (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Pilodeudorix fumata (Stempffer, 1954)
 * Pilodeudorix pasteon (Druce, 1910)
 * Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas (Stempffer, 1964)
 * Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
 * Paradeudorix cobaltina (Stempffer, 1964)
 * Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
 * Paradeudorix marginata (Stempffer, 1962)
 * Hypomyrina nomenia extensa Libert, 2004
 * Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
 * Hypomyrina fournierae Gabriel, 1939
 * Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
 * Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
 * Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966
 * Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
 * Deudorix edwardsi Gabriel, 1939
 * Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
 * Deudorix kayonza Stempffer, 1956
 * Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
 * Deudorix lorisona lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
 * Deudorix lorisona baronica Ungemach, 1932
 * Deudorix lorisona sesse Stempffer & Jackson, 1962
 * Deudorix odana Druce, 1887
 * Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948
 * Capys catharus rileyi Stempffer, 1967

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
 * Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
 * Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
 * Anthene crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
 * Anthene crawshayi minuta (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
 * Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
 * Anthene hobleyi elgonensis (Aurivillius, 1925)
 * Anthene hobleyi kigezi Stempffer, 1961
 * Anthene hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
 * Anthene ituria (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene katera Talbot, 1937
 * Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Anthene lachares toroensis Stempffer, 1947
 * Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
 * Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli Stempffer, 1961
 * Anthene ruwenzoricus (Grünberg, 1911)
 * Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
 * Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891)
 * Anthene sylvanus albicans (Grünberg, 1910)
 * Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
 * Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)
 * Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)
 * Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
 * Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
 * Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
 * Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene inconspicua (Druce, 1910)
 * Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene lamias katerae (d'Abrera, 1980)
 * Anthene lucretilis albipicta (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
 * Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Cupidesthes arescopa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962)
 * Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
 * Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)
 * Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966
 * Lycaena phlaeas ethiopica (Poulton, 1922)

Polyommatini

 * Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
 * Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
 * Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892)
 * Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958
 * Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909
 * Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Uranothauma heritsia intermedia (Tite, 1958)
 * Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)
 * Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Phlyaria cyara tenuimarginata (Grünberg, 1908)
 * Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
 * Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
 * Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
 * Harpendyreus marungensis wollastoni (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
 * Harpendyreus reginaldi Heron, 1909
 * Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
 * Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904)
 * Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892)
 * Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
 * Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
 * Actizera stellata (Trimen, 1883)
 * Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
 * Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
 * Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
 * Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
 * Eicochrysops messapus nandiana (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 * Euchrysops alberta (Butler, 1901)
 * Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
 * Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
 * Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Euchrysops crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
 * Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 * Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
 * Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924
 * Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
 * Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
 * Thermoniphas alberici (Dufrane, 1945)
 * Thermoniphas albocaerulea Stempffer, 1956 (endemic)
 * Thermoniphas caerulea Stempffer, 1956 (endemic)
 * Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
 * Thermoniphas fumosa Stempffer, 1952
 * Thermoniphas plurilimbata plurilimbata Karsch, 1895
 * Thermoniphas plurilimbata rutshurensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Thermoniphas togara togara (Plötz, 1880)
 * Thermoniphas togara bugalla Stempffer & Jackson, 1962
 * Thermoniphas kigezi Stempffer, 1956 (endemic)
 * Oboronia albicosta (Gaede, 1916)
 * Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
 * Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
 * Lepidochrysops budama van Someren, 1957 (endemic)
 * Lepidochrysops jacksoni van Someren, 1957 (endemic)
 * Lepidochrysops labwor van Someren, 1957 (endemic)
 * Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
 * Lepidochrysops neonegus borealis van Someren, 1957
 * Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
 * Lepidochrysops pterou (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
 * Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

Nemeobiinae

 * Abisara caeca Rebel, 1914
 * Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932
 * Abisara rogersi simulacris Riley, 1932
 * Abisara neavei Riley, 1932

Libytheinae

 * Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
 * Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
 * Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
 * Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
 * Amauris niavius niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Amauris niavius aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
 * Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
 * Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
 * Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
 * Amauris echeria jacksoni Sharpe, 1892
 * Amauris echeria mongallensis Carpenter, 1928
 * Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
 * Amauris ellioti ellioti Butler, 1895
 * Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896
 * Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)
 * Amauris inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901
 * Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940

Elymniini

 * Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902)

Melanitini

 * Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
 * Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Gnophodes grogani Sharpe, 1901
 * Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904
 * Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
 * Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894)
 * Aphysoneura scapulifascia kigeziae Kielland, 1989

Satyrini

 * Bicyclus alboplaga (Rebel, 1914)
 * Bicyclus analis (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus anynana centralis Condamin, 1968
 * Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
 * Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, 1896)
 * Bicyclus buea (Strand, 1912)
 * Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
 * Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
 * Bicyclus dubia (Aurivillius, 1893)
 * Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
 * Bicyclus graueri (Rebel, 1914)
 * Bicyclus hyperanthus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
 * Bicyclus iccius (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Bicyclus ignobilis acutus Condamin, 1965
 * Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
 * Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
 * Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
 * Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
 * Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
 * Bicyclus mesogena ugandae (Riley, 1926)
 * Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
 * Bicyclus mollitia (Karsch, 1895)
 * Bicyclus nachtetis Condamin, 1965
 * Bicyclus neustetteri (Rebel, 1914)
 * Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
 * Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
 * Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Bicyclus sambulos cyaneus Condamin, 1961
 * Bicyclus martius sanaos (Hewitson, 1866)
 * Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
 * Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)
 * Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
 * Bicyclus trilophus jacksoni Condamin, 1961
 * Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
 * Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
 * Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
 * Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
 * Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
 * Heteropsis peitho reducta (Libert, 2006)
 * Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
 * Ypthima antennata van Son, 1955
 * Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
 * Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
 * Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
 * Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
 * Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
 * Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
 * Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903

Charaxini

 * Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
 * Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
 * Charaxes protoclea nothodes Jordan, 1911
 * Charaxes boueti rectans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
 * Charaxes cynthia kinduana Le Cerf, 1923
 * Charaxes cynthia parvicaudatus Lathy, 1925
 * Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
 * Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
 * Charaxes saturnus Butler, 1865
 * Charaxes epijasius
 * Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
 * Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900
 * Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
 * Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932
 * Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914
 * Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis Lathy, 1925
 * Charaxes eudoxus cabacus Jordan, 1925
 * Charaxes eudoxus katerae Carpenter, 1937
 * Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Rothschild, 1900
 * Charaxes numenes aequatorialis van Someren, 1972
 * Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
 * Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis van Someren, 1972
 * Charaxes smaragdalis caerulea Jackson, 1951
 * Charaxes smaragdalis elgonae van Someren, 1964
 * Charaxes smaragdalis metu van Someren, 1964
 * Charaxes smaragdalis toro van Someren, 1964
 * Charaxes xiphares burgessi van Son, 1953
 * Charaxes imperialis ugandicus van Someren, 1972
 * Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
 * Charaxes pythodoris Hewitson, 1873
 * Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871
 * Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873
 * Charaxes fournierae kigeziensis Howarth, 1969
 * Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
 * Charaxes etesipe etesipe (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes etesipe hercules Turlin & Lequeux, 2002
 * Charaxes achaemenes monticola van Someren, 1970
 * Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis Carpenter, 1937
 * Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Charaxes subornatus minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974
 * Charaxes montis Jackson, 1956
 * Charaxes anticlea adusta Rothschild, 1900
 * Charaxes baumanni bwamba van Someren, 1971
 * Charaxes baumanni didingensis van Someren, 1971
 * Charaxes baumanni interposita van Someren, 1971
 * Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909
 * Charaxes hildebrandti hildebrandti (Dewitz, 1879)
 * Charaxes hildebrandti katangensis Talbot, 1928
 * Charaxes virilis lenis Henning, 1989
 * Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952
 * Charaxes etheocles carpenteri van Someren & Jackson, 1957
 * Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967
 * Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969
 * Charaxes cedreatis Hewitson, 1874
 * Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
 * Charaxes viola picta van Someren & Jackson, 1952
 * Charaxes kirki suk Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
 * Charaxes pleione bebra Rothschild, 1900
 * Charaxes paphianus subpallida Joicey & Talbot, 1925
 * Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882
 * Charaxes zoolina zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
 * Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
 * Charaxes nichetes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883
 * Charaxes nichetes ssese Turlin & Lequeux, 2002
 * Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana Plantrou, 1978
 * Charaxes zelica depuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Charaxes porthos dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922
 * Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991

Euxanthini

 * Euxanthe eurinome ansellica (Butler, 1870)
 * Euxanthe eurinome birbirica Ungemach, 1932
 * Euxanthe crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)
 * Euxanthe crossleyi magnifica (Rebel, 1914)
 *  Euxanthe trajanus vansomereni (Poulton, 1929)

Pallini

 * Palla ussheri interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1925
 * Palla violinitens bwamba van Someren, 1975

Apaturinae

 * Apaturopsis cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)

Nymphalinae

 * Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)
 * Vanessula milca latifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1928

Nymphalini

 * Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
 * Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
 * Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
 * Vanessa abyssinica vansomereni Howarth, 1966
 * Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
 * Junonia schmiedeli (Fiedler, 1920)
 * Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
 * Junonia gregorii Butler, 1896
 * Junonia terea tereoides (Butler, 1901)
 * Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
 * Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
 * Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
 * Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
 * Protogoniomorpha temora (Felder & Felder, 1867)
 * Precis actia Distant, 1880
 * Precis archesia ugandensis (McLeod, 1980)
 * Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
 * Precis coelestina Dewitz, 1879
 * Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909
 * Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
 * Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Precis rauana rauana (Grose-Smith, 1898)
 * Precis rauana silvicola Schultz, 1916
 * Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
 * Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
 * Hypolimnas bartelotti Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Hypolimnas dinarcha grandis Rothschild, 1918
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Hypolimnas monteironis major Rothschild, 1918
 * Hypolimnas salmacis salmacis (Drury, 1773)
 * Hypolimnas salmacis magnifica Rothschild, 1918
 * Mallika jacksoni (Sharpe, 1896)

Cyrestini

 * Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidini

 * Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
 * Mesoxantha ethosea reducta Rothschild, 1918
 * Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)
 * Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
 * Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
 * Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

Epicaliini

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

Limenitidini

 * Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
 * Cymothoe beckeri theodosia Staudinger, 1890
 * Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
 * Cymothoe distincta kivuensis Overlaet, 1952
 * Cymothoe confusa Aurivillius, 1887
 * Cymothoe haynae diphyia Karsch, 1894
 * Cymothoe herminia johnstoni (Butler, 1902)
 * Cymothoe hobarti Butler, 1900
 * Cymothoe indamora amorinda van Someren, 1939
 * Cymothoe jodutta mostinckxi Overlaet, 1952
 * Cymothoe lurida butleri Grünberg, 1908
 * Cymothoe lurida tristis Overlaet, 1952
 * Cymothoe ochreata Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae Holland, 1920
 * Kumothales inexpectata Overlaet, 1940
 * Pseudoneptis bugandensis bugandensis Stoneham, 1935
 * Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
 * Pseudacraea boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
 * Pseudacraea clarkii Butler & Rothschild, 1892
 * Pseudacraea deludens echerioides Talbot, 1941
 * Pseudacraea deludens terrena Jackson, 1956
 * Pseudacraea dolomena albostriata Lathy, 1906
 * Pseudacraea dolomena elgonensis Jackson, 1951
 * Pseudacraea dolomena kayonza Jackson, 1956
 * Pseudacraea rubrobasalis Aurivillius, 1903
 * Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pseudacraea kuenowii burgessi Jackson, 1951
 * Pseudacraea kuenowii hypoxantha Jordan, 1911
 * Pseudacraea kuenowii kigezi Jackson, 1956
 * Pseudacraea lucretia protracta (Butler, 1874)
 * Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)
 * Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

Neptidini

 * Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996
 * Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis carpenteri d'Abrera, 1980
 * Neptis clarei Neave, 1904
 * Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
 * Neptis constantiae Carcasson, 1961
 * Neptis angusta Condamin, 1966
 * Neptis continuata Holland, 1892
 * Neptis exaleuca suffusa Rothschild, 1918
 * Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
 * Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914
 * Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
 * Neptis metanira Holland, 1892
 * Neptis metella metella (Doubleday, 1848)
 * Neptis metella flavimacula Jackson, 1951
 * Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
 * Neptis nemetes nemetes Hewitson, 1868
 * Neptis nemetes margueriteae Fox, 1968
 * Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
 * Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874
 * Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
 * Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
 * Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
 * Neptis ochracea ochracea Neave, 1904
 * Neptis ochracea ochreata Gaede, 1915
 * Neptis poultoni Eltringham, 1921
 * Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
 * Neptis seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1895
 * Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996
 * Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912
 * Neptis woodwardi Sharpe, 1899

Adoliadini

 * Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
 * Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
 * Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
 * Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935
 * Euryphura plautilla (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
 * Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909
 * Cynandra opis bernardii Lagnel, 1967
 * Euriphene amaranta (Karsch, 1894)
 * Euriphene atossa australis d'Abrera, 1980
 * Euriphene barombina (Aurivillius, 1894)
 * Euriphene butleri (Aurivillius, 1904)
 * Euriphene conjungens chalybeata (Talbot, 1937)
 * Euriphene excelsior (Rebel, 1911)
 * Euriphene jacksoni (Talbot, 1937)
 * Euriphene obsoleta (Grünberg, 1908)
 * Euriphene ribensis (Ward, 1871)
 * Euriphene saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
 * Euriphene tadema nigropunctata (Aurivillius, 1901)
 * Euriphene doriclea (Drury, 1782)
 * Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
 * Bebearia absolon entebbiae (Lathy, 1906)
 * Bebearia zonara (Butler, 1871)
 * Bebearia mandinga beni Hecq, 1990
 * Bebearia oxione squalida (Talbot, 1928)
 * Bebearia abesa pandera Hecq, 1988
 * Bebearia partita (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Bebearia barce maculata (Aurivillius, 1912)
 * Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
 * Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939)
 * Bebearia sophus audeoudi (Riley, 1936)
 * Bebearia plistonax (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Bebearia brunhilda brunhilda (Kirby, 1889)
 * Bebearia brunhilda iturina (Karsch, 1894)
 * Bebearia laetitioides (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Bebearia laetitia (Plötz, 1880)
 * Bebearia flaminia (Staudinger, 1891)
 * Bebearia phantasiella simulata (van Someren, 1939)
 * Bebearia aurora kayonza (Jackson, 1956)
 * Bebearia chloeropis (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
 * Euphaedra medon fraudata van Someren, 1935
 * Euphaedra medon inaequabilis Thurau, 1904
 * Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
 * Euphaedra christyi Sharpe, 1904 (endemic)
 * Euphaedra hewitsoni angusta Hecq, 1974
 * Euphaedra hollandi Hecq, 1974
 * Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
 * Euphaedra caerulescens Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Euphaedra imitans Holland, 1893
 * Euphaedra eberti hamus Berger, 1940
 * Euphaedra viridicaerulea nitidula van Someren, 1935
 * Euphaedra uganda Aurivillius, 1895
 * Euphaedra preussi Staudinger, 1891
 * Euphaedra vicina Hecq, 1984
 * Euphaedra procera Hecq, 1984
 * Euphaedra margueriteae Hecq, 1978
 * Euphaedra olivacea Grünberg, 1908 (endemic)
 * Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
 * Euphaedra eleus (Drury, 1782)
 * Euphaedra alacris Hecq, 1978
 * Euphaedra rattrayi Sharpe, 1904
 * Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
 * Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Euphaedra harpalyce spatiosa (Mabille, 1876)
 * Euphaedra harpalyce sudanensis Talbot, 1929
 * Euphaedra rex Stoneham, 1935
 * Euptera elabontas mweruensis Neave, 1910
 * Euptera hirundo hirundo Staudinger, 1891
 * Euptera hirundo lufirensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Euptera pluto primitiva Hancock, 1984
 * Pseudathyma cyrili Chovet, 2002
 * Pseudathyma neptidina Karsch, 1894
 * Pseudathyma nzoia van Someren, 1939
 * Pseudathyma plutonica Butler, 1902

Acraeini

 * Acraea cerasa cerita Sharpe, 1906
 * Acraea kraka pallida Carpenter, 1932
 * Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
 * Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
 * Acraea eugenia Karsch, 1893
 * Acraea hamata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
 * Acraea insignis Distant, 1880
 * Acraea leucographa Ribbe, 1889
 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
 * Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acraea rudolfi Eltringham, 1929
 * Acraea abdera Hewitson, 1852
 * Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
 * Acraea cepheus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
 * Acraea guluensis Le Doux, 1932
 * Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
 * Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
 * Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Acraea doubledayi Guérin-Méneville, 1849
 * Acraea equatorialis Neave, 1904
 * Acraea leucopyga Aurivillius, 1904
 * Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
 * Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
 * Acraea rogersi lankesteri Carpenter, 1941
 * Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902
 * Acraea aganice orientalis (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Acraea aganice ugandae (van Someren, 1936)
 * Acraea alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893)
 * Acraea consanguinea albicolor (Karsch, 1895)
 * Acraea epaea angustifasciata (d'Abrera, 1980)
 * Acraea epaea lutosa (Suffert, 1904)
 * Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
 * Acraea formosa (Butler, 1874)
 * Acraea macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
 * Acraea obliqua elgonense (Poulton, 1927)
 * Acraea obliqua kivuensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
 * Acraea persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
 * Acraea poggei nelsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
 * Acraea pseuderyta Godman & Salvin, 1890
 * Acraea quadricolor latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892)
 * Acraea tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910)
 * Acraea tellus schubotzi (Grünberg, 1911)
 * Acraea umbra hemileuca (Jordan, 1914)
 * Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
 * Acraea alciopoides Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Acraea alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
 * Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
 * Acraea althoffi rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895
 * Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
 * Acraea ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898
 * Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
 * Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933
 * Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea burgessi Jackson, 1956
 * Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
 * Acraea disjuncta disjuncta Grose-Smith, 1898
 * Acraea disjuncta kigeziensis Jackson, 1956
 * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
 * Acraea grosvenori Eltringham, 1912
 * Acraea humilis Sharpe, 1897
 * Acraea iturina Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
 * Acraea toruna Grose-Smith, 1900
 * Acraea kalinzu Carpenter, 1936
 * Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
 * Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874
 * Acraea peneleos pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900
 * Acraea pentapolis Ward, 1871
 * Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871
 * Acraea rangatana bettiana Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892
 * Acraea uvui Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
 * Acraea vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890
 * Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
 * Acraea anacreontica Grose-Smith, 1898
 * Acraea wigginsi Neave, 1904
 * Acraea cinerea Neave, 1904
 * Acraea melanoxantha Sharpe, 1891
 * Acraea ntebiae Sharpe, 1897
 * Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891
 * Acraea orinata Oberthür, 1893
 * Acraea parrhasia servona Godart, 1819
 * Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896
 * Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847
 * Acraea quirinalis Grose-Smith, 1900
 * Acraea semivitrea Aurivillius, 1895
 * Acraea simulata Le Doux, 1923 (endemic)
 * Acraea bergeri Gaede, 1915 (endemic)

Argynnini

 * Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896)

Vagrantini

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

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
 * Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
 * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
 * Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
 * Coeliades keithloa menelik (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Celaenorrhinini

 * Celaenorrhinus bettoni Butler, 1902
 * Celaenorrhinus boadicea howarthi Berger, 1976
 * Celaenorrhinus homeyeri (Plötz, 1880)
 * Celaenorrhinus illustris daroa Evans, 1937
 * Celaenorrhinus intermixtus evansi Berger, 1975
 * Celaenorrhinus kivuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Celaenorrhinus macrostictus Holland, 1893
 * Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Celaenorrhinus nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
 * Celaenorrhinus ovalis Evans, 1937
 * Celaenorrhinus perlustris Rebel, 1914
 * Celaenorrhinus proxima (Mabille, 1877)
 * Celaenorrhinus toro Evans, 1937 (endemic)
 * Eretis buamba Evans, 1937
 * Eretis camerona Evans, 1937
 * Eretis herewardi Riley, 1921
 * Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
 * Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
 * Eretis mitiana Evans, 1937
 * Eretis umbra maculifera Mabille & Boullet, 1916
 * Eretis vaga Evans, 1937
 * Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894
 * Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
 * Sarangesa brigida atra Evans, 1937
 * Sarangesa brigida sanaga Miller, 1964
 * Sarangesa haplopa Swinhoe, 1907
 * Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
 * Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
 * Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956

Tagiadini

 * Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Eagris decastigma purpura Evans, 1937
 * Eagris lucetia (Hewitson, 1875)
 * Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Eagris sabadius astoria Holland, 1896
 * Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927)
 * Eagris tetrastigma (Mabille, 1891)
 * Eagris tigris tigris Evans, 1937
 * Eagris tigris kayonza Evans, 1956
 * Calleagris hollandi (Butler, 1897)
 * Calleagris lacteus (Mabille, 1877)
 * Procampta rara Holland, 1892
 * Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
 * Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
 * Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892
 * Abantis contigua Evans, 1937
 * Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896
 * Abantis leucogaster iruma Evans, 1951
 * Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis Miller, 1971
 * Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)

Carcharodini

 * Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
 * Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
 * Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
 * Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
 * Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
 * Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)
 * Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951
 * Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)

Aeromachini

 * Astictopterus punctulata (Butler, 1895)
 * Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
 * Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
 * Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
 * Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901
 * Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
 * Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
 * Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
 * Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Gorgyra bibulus Riley, 1929
 * Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
 * Gorgyra kalinzu Evans, 1949
 * Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
 * Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
 * Gorgyra pali Evans, 1937
 * Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
 * Teniorhinus niger (Druce, 1910)
 * Ceratrichia argyrosticta enta Evans, 1947
 * Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910
 * Ceratrichia brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906
 * Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937
 * Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908
 * Ceratrichia mabirensis Riley, 1925
 * Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891
 * Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909
 * Pardaleodes bule Holland, 1896
 * Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
 * Pardaleodes incerta (Snellen, 1872)
 * Pardaleodes sator pusiella Mabille, 1877
 * Pardaleodes tibullus torensis Bethune-Baker, 1906
 * Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
 * Xanthodisca vibius (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Rhabdomantis galatia (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Osmodes adonia Evans, 1937
 * Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
 * Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
 * Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
 * Osmodes hollandi Evans, 1937
 * Osmodes laronia (Hewitson, 1868)
 * Osmodes lux Holland, 1892
 * Osmodes minchini Evans, 1937 (endemic)
 * Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
 * Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
 * Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937
 * Parosmodes onza Evans, 1956 (endemic)
 * Paracleros biguttulus (Mabille, 1890)
 * Paracleros sangoanus (Carcasson, 1964)
 * Acleros mackenii instabilis Mabille, 1890
 * Acleros neavei Evans, 1937
 * Acleros nigrapex Strand, 1913
 * Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
 * Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
 * Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
 * Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
 * Hypoleucis ophiusa ophir Evans, 1937
 * Hypoleucis sophia Evans, 1937
 * Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891
 * Meza cybeutes (Holland, 1894)
 * Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
 * Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
 * Paronymus xanthias kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
 * Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Andronymus fenestrella Bethune-Baker, 1908
 * Andronymus gander Evans, 1947
 * Andronymus helles Evans, 1937
 * Andronymus marina Evans, 1937
 * Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
 * Chondrolepis cynthia Evans, 1936
 * Chondrolepis leggei (Heron, 1909)
 * Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
 * Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937
 * Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
 * Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
 * Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
 * Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925
 * Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
 * Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879)
 * Gretna balenge (Holland, 1891)
 * Gretna bugoma Evans, 1947 (endemic)
 * Gretna carmen Evans, 1937
 * Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
 * Gretna zaremba jacksoni Evans, 1937
 * Pteroteinon caenira (Hewitson, 1867)
 * Pteroteinon capronnieri (Plötz, 1879)
 * Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
 * Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
 * Pteroteinon pruna Evans, 1937
 * Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
 * Leona halma Evans, 1937
 * Leona lissa lima Evans, 1937
 * Leona luehderi luehderi (Plötz, 1879)
 * Leona luehderi laura Evans, 1937
 * Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896
 * Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)
 * Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
 * Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
 * Monza punctata crola Evans, 1937
 * Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
 * Melphina noctula (Druce, 1909)
 * Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
 * Fresna carlo Evans, 1937
 * Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
 * Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Platylesches fosta Evans, 1937
 * Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Platylesches lamba Neave, 1910
 * Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Platylesches panga Evans, 1937
 * Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
 * Platylesches rasta anka Evans, 1937
 * Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

Baorini

 * Zenonia crasta Evans, 1937
 * Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937)
 * Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
 * Borbo kaka (Evans, 1938)
 * Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
 * Borbo sirena (Evans, 1937)

Heteropterinae

 * Metisella abdeli abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
 * Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938
 * Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)
 * Metisella formosus nyanza Evans, 1937
 * Metisella medea Evans, 1937
 * Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)
 * Metisella tsadicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
 * Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Lepella lepeletier (Latreille, 1824)