List of butterflies of Mali explained

This is a list of butterflies of Mali. About 59 species are known from Mali,^[1] none of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874

Leptocercini

• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• 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 chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
• Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)

Pierini

• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)

Lycaenidae

Aphnaeinae

• Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
• Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Axiocerses harpax harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
• Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

Theclinae

• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)

Polyommatini

• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
• Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

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

Satyrini

• Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Limenitinae

Adoliadini

• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)

Carcharodini

• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Hesperiinae

Baorini

• Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)

See also

• Geography of Mali
• Wildlife of Mali
• South Saharan steppe and woodlands
• West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
• List of moths of Mali

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Text

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Mali?oid=49 Mali at the African Butterfly Database
2. http://atbutterflies.com/mali.htm Afrotropical Butterflies