List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe explained

This is a partial list of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe. More than 60 species are known from São Tomé and Príncipe,^[1] 19 of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio nerminae Koçak, 1983 (endemic)
• Papilio dardanus sulfurea Palisot de Beauvois, 1806
• Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798

Leptocercini

• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
• Graphium leonidas leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium leonidas santamarthae (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
• Graphium leonidas thomasius (Le Cerf, 1924)
• Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

Pierini

• Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)
• Mylothris nubila (Möschler, 1884)
• Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
• Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972 (endemic)

Lycaenidae

Poritiinae

• Liptena evanescens (Kirby, 1887)

Theclinae

• Iolaus bellina maris (Riley, 1928)
• Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
• Deudorix chalybeata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
• Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

Polyommatinae

• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Leptotes sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

• Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

• Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964
• Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
• Charaxes thomasius Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)
• Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
• Charaxes odysseus Staudinger, 1892 (endemic)
• Charaxes antiquus Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
• Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
• Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
• Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
• Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764
• Hypolimnas anthedon Doubleday, 1845
• Hypolimnas salmacis thomensis Aurivillius, 1910

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

• Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidinae

Epicaliini

• Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Pseudacraea lucretia gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927

Neptidini

• Neptis eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
• Neptis larseni Wojtusiak & Pyrcz, 1997 (endemic)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea annobona d'Abrera, 1980
• Acraea medea (Cramer, 1775) (endemic)
• Acraea niobe Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
• Acraea alcinoe racaji (Pyrcz, 1991)
• Acraea insularis Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
• Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea newtoni Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Andronymus neander thomasi Riley, 1928

Baorini

• Borbo fatuellus thomea (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

See also

• List of moths of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Wildlife of São Tomé and Príncipe

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
• Luis F. Mendes & Bivar de Sousa, New account on the butterflies (Lepidoptera:Rhopalocera) of São Tomé e Príncipe, Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 51 (31/12/2012): 157‒186.

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Sao%20Tome%20and%20Principe?oid=45 Sao Tome and Principe at the African Butterfly Database
2. http://atbutterflies.com/saotome.htm Endemic butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe Afrotropical Butterflies