List of butterflies of the Gambia

This is a list of butterflies of the Gambia. About 173 species are known from Gambia none of which are thought to be endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
 * Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843

Leptocercini

 * Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

Coliadinae

 * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
 * Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
 * Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
 * Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

 * Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
 * Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
 * Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
 * Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
 * Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])

Pierini

 * Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
 * Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
 * Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
 * Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
 * Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

Miletini

 * Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
 * Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890
 * Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)

Poritiinae

 * Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)

Aphnaeinae

 * Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
 * Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
 * Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
 * Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

 * Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)

Theclini

 * Hypolycaena condamini Stempffer, 1956
 * Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
 * Iolaus menas Druce, 1890
 * Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890
 * Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
 * Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
 * Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis Libert, 2004
 * Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
 * Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
 * Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
 * Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
 * Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
 * Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

Polyommatini

 * Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
 * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
 * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
 * Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
 * Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
 * Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
 * Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
 * Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
 * Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)

Melanitini

 * Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini

 * Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
 * Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
 * Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
 * Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
 * Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
 * Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
 * Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
 * Ypthima vuattouxi Kielland, 1982
 * Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

Charaxini

 * Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
 * Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
 * Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
 * Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
 * Charaxes cynthia Butler, 1866
 * Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
 * Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
 * Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
 * Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970
 * Charaxes viola Butler, 1866

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 terea (Drury, 1773)
 * Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
 * Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Biblidini

 * Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894

Neptidini

 * Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

Adoliadini

 * Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
 * Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
 * Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
 * Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)

Acraeini

 * Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
 * Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
 * Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
 * Acraea umbra carpenteri (Le Doux, 1937)
 * Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
 * Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

Vagrantini

 * Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
 * Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
 * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Celaenorrhinini

 * Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
 * Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
 * Sarangesa tricerata (Mabille, 1891)

Tagiadini

 * Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901

Carcharodini

 * Spialia diomus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
 * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Aeromachini

 * Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
 * Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
 * Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937
 * Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
 * Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
 * Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
 * Zophopetes quaternata (Mabille, 1876)
 * Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
 * Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
 * Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)
 * Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
 * Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)

Baorini

 * Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
 * Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
 * Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
 * Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
 * Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
 * Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
 * Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
 * Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
 * Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)
 * Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)