List of butterflies of Guinea-Bissau explained
This is a list of butterflies of Guinea-Bissau. About 154 species are known from Guinea-Bissau,[1] none of which is endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
Leptocercini
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Pierinae
Pierini
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Miletini
Poritiinae
Liptenini
Epitolini
Aphnaeinae
Theclinae
- Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
- Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
- Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
- Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
- Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
- Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
- Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
- Paradeudorix eleala parallela (Collins & Larsen, 2000)
- Paradeudorix eleala cufadana (Mendes & De Sousa, 2003)
- Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
- Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
Polyommatini
Nymphalidae
Danainae
Danaini
Satyrinae
Melanitini
Satyrini
- Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
- Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
- Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
- Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
- Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
- Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
- Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
- Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
- Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
- Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
Charaxinae
Charaxini
- Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
- Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
- Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
- Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
- Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
- Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
- Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
- Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
- Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)
- Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874
- Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
- Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
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 stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
- Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
- Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
- Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Biblidinae
Biblidini
Limenitinae
Limenitidini
Neptidini
Adoliadini
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
- Euriphene ampedusa (Hewitson, 1866)
- Euriphene gambiae Feisthamel, 1850
- Bebearia cocalia (Fabricius, 1793)
- Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
- Bebearia sophus phreone (Feisthamel, 1850)
- Bebearia phantasina ultima Hecq, 1990
- Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
- Euphaedra hastiri Hecq, 1981
- Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
- Euphaedra inanum (Butler, 1873)
- Euphaedra villiersi Condamin, 1964
- Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
Heliconiinae
Acraeini
- Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
- Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
- Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
- Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
- Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865
- Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
- Acraea umbra carpenteri (Le Doux, 1937)
- Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
- Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
Vagrantini
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
Pyrginae
Celaenorrhinini
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=25 African Butterfly Database
- http://atbutterflies.com/guineabissau.htm Afrotropical Butterflies
