List of butterflies of Burkina Faso explained
This is a list of butterflies of Burkina Faso. About 156 species are known from Burkina Faso,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
Leptocercini
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Pierinae
Pierini
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Miletini
Aphnaeinae
Theclinae
- Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
- Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
- Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
- Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905
- Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
- Iolaus menas Druce, 1890
- Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
- Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
- Stugeta marmoreus (Butler, 1866)
- Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
- Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
- Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
- Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
- Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
- Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
- Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
- Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
- Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
- Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
- Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
- Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
- Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
Polyommatini
- Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
- Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
- Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
- Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
- Tarucus kiki Larsen, 1976
- Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
- 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 mirza (Plötz, 1880)
- Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
- Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924
- Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
- Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
- Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
- Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
- Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001
Nymphalidae
Danainae
Danaini
Satyrinae
Melanitini
Satyrini
Charaxinae
Charaxini
- Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
- Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
- Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
- Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
- Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978
- Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
- Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
- Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
- Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
- Charaxes northcotti Rothschild, 1899
Nymphalinae
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 ceryne ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 190
- Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
- Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Biblidinae
Biblidini
Epicaliini
Limenitinae
Neptidini
Adoliadini
Heliconiinae
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 vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
- Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
- Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
Vagrantini
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
Pyrginae
Tagiadini
Carcharodini
Hesperiinae
Aeromachini
Baorini
See also
References
Notes and References
- http://abdb-africa.org/alienPORT.al?shopid=afrobut&language_code=en&ewtarget0=0c&ewcateg0=15&oid=26 African Butterfly Database
- http://atbutterflies.com/burkinafaso.htm Afrotropical Butterflies
