List of butterflies of Tanzania explained

This is a list of butterflies of Tanzania. About 1,583 species are known from Tanzania,^[1] 134 of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
• Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
• Papilio desmondi magdae Gifford, 1961
• Papilio desmondi usambaraensis (Koçak, 1980)
• Papilio hornimani hornimani Distant, 1879
• Papilio hornimani mbulu Kielland, 1990
• Papilio hornimani mwanihanae Kielland, 1987
• Papilio sosia debilis Storace, 1951
• Papilio thuraui thuraui Karsch, 1900
• Papilio thuraui cyclopis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Papilio thuraui ngorongoro (Hancock, 1984)
• Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961 (endemic)
• Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio dardanus meseres Carpenter, 1948
• Papilio dardanus tibullus Kirby, 1880
• Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871
• Papilio constantinus mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
• Papilio phorcas ansorgei Rothschild, 1896
• Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896
• Papilio phorcas nyikanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Papilio phorcas tenuifasciatus Kielland, 1990
• Papilio rex rex Oberthür, 1886
• Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio echerioides ambangulu Clifton & Collins, 1997
• Papilio echerioides homeyeri Plötz, 1880
• Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
• Papilio echerioides kiellandi Clifton & Collins, 1997
• Papilio echerioides pseudowertheri Kielland, 1990
• Papilio echerioides wertheri Karsch, 1898
• Papilio fuelleborni fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
• Papilio fuelleborni neocesa Kemal & Kocak, 2005
• Papilio fuelleborni rydoni Kielland, 1987
• Papilio fuelleborni sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908
• Papilio jacksoni kungwe Cottrell, 1963
• Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
• Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
• Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990
• Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
• Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924
• Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
• Papilio ophidicephalus ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
• Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Gifford, 1961
• Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891
• Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984)
• Papilio mackinnoni mpwapwana Kielland, 1990
• Papilio mackinnoni reductofascia Kielland, 1990

Leptocercini

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium kirbyi (Hewitson, 1872)
• Graphium junodi (Trimen, 1893)
• Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium illyris hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)
• Graphium porthaon porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
• Graphium porthaon tanganyikae Kielland, 1978
• Graphium angolanus angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
• Graphium leonidas leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium leonidas pelopidas (Oberthür, 1879)
• Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
• Graphium philonoe (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)
• Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964 (endemic)
• Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni Berger, 1950

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
• Eurema floricola floricola (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)
• Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
• Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

Pierinae

• Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857)
• Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
• Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis daira jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890)
• Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
• Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
• Colotis elgonensis elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891)
• Colotis elgonensis nobilis Carcasson, 1961
• Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
• Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis eunoma flotowi (Suffert, 1904)
• Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Colotis evenina sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884)
• Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
• Colotis halimede australis Talbot, 1939
• Colotis hetaera hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940
• Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
• Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)
• Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
• Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
• Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
• Colotis vesta catachrysops (Butler, 1878)
• Colotis vesta hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
• Colotis vesta kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
• Colotis vesta rhodesinus (Butler, 1894)
• Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
• Colotis subfasciatus ducissa (Dognin, 1891)
• Eronia cleodora cleodora Hübner, 1823
• Eronia cleodora dilatata Butler, 1888
• Pinacopterix eriphia eriphia (Godart, [1819])
• Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
• Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940
• Nepheronia argia argolisia (Stoneham, 1957)
• Nepheronia argia mhondana (Suffert, 1904)
• Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
• Nepheronia pharis silvanus (Stoneham, 1957)
• Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
• Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959
• Leptosia hybrida somereni Bernardi, 1959
• Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
• Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959
• Leptosia wigginsi (Dixey, 1915)

Pierini

• Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
• Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948
• Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Appias sabina sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
• Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
• Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897)
• Pieris brassicoides marghanita Hemming, 1941
• Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
• Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
• Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
• Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
• Mylothris basalis Aurivillius, 1906
• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898
• Mylothris continua Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris crawshayi bunduki Berger, 1980
• Mylothris ertli Suffert, 1904 (endemic)
• Mylothris flaviana interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
• Mylothris kiellandi Berger, 1985 (endemic)
• Mylothris kilimensis kilimensis Kielland, 1990
• Mylothris kilimensis rondonis Kielland, 1990
• Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris leonora Krüger, 1928 (endemic)
• Mylothris pluviata Berger, 1980 (endemic)
• Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris rubricosta rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
• Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris rubricosta pulchra Berger, 1981
• Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921
• Mylothris rueppellii tirikensis Neave, 1904
• Mylothris sagala sagala Grose-Smith, 1886
• Mylothris sagala albissima Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris sagala dentatus Butler, 1896
• Mylothris sagala mahale Kielland, 1990
• Mylothris sagala narcissus Butler, 1888
• Mylothris sagala oldeanensis Kielland, 1990
• Mylothris sagala seminigra d'Abrera, 1980
• Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris similis similis Lathy, 1906
• Mylothris similis dollmani Riley, 1921
• Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952
• Mylothris superbus Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
• Mylothris talboti Berger, 1980 (endemic)
• Mylothris yulei yulei Butler, 1897
• Mylothris yulei latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Dixeia charina dagera (Suffert, 1904)
• Dixeia charina liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904)
• Dixeia doxo alberta (Grünberg, 1912)
• Dixeia doxo costata Talbot, 1943
• Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900)
• Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
• Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso minor Talbot, 1943
• Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
• Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
• Belenois diminuta Butler, 1894
• Belenois margaritacea intermedia Kielland, 1982
• Belenois margaritacea plutonica (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
• Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
• Belenois raffrayi similis Kielland, 1978
• Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943
• Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921)
• Belenois subeida sylvander Grose-Smith, 1890
• Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981
• Belenois theora laeta (Weymer, 1903)
• Belenois thysa thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
• Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872
• Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953
• Belenois welwitschii shaba Berger, 1981
• Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

• Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
• Aslauga abri Collins & Libert, 1997 (endemic)
• Aslauga bouyeri congdoni Libert & Collins, 1997
• Aslauga latifurca Cottrell, 1981
• Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899
• Aslauga orientalis Cottrell, 1981
• Aslauga prouvosti Libert & Bouyer, 1997
• Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890
• Aslauga tanga Libert & Collins, 1997 (endemic)
• Aslauga vininga kiellandi Libert, 1997

Miletini

• Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
• Spalgis jacksoni stempfferi Kielland, 1985
• Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema kiellandi Libert, 1996 (endemic)
• Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
• Lachnocnema tanzaniensis Libert, 1996 (endemic)
• Lachnocnema jacksoni Stempffer, 1967
• Lachnocnema regularis grisea Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema brimoides Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
• Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema dohertyi Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910
• Lachnocnema brunea Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890
• Lachnocnema inexpectata Libert, 1996 (endemic)
• Lachnocnema unicolor Libert, 1996 (endemic)

Poritiinae

Liptenini

• Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Alaena bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1924 (endemic)
• Alaena bjornstadi Kielland, 1993 (endemic)
• Alaena caissa caissa Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894
• Alaena caissa kagera Talbot, 1935
• Alaena dodomaensis Kielland, 1983
• Alaena ferrulineata Hawker-Smith, 1933 (endemic)
• Alaena interposita interposita Butler, 1883 (endemic)
• Alaena interposita hauttecoeuri Oberthür, 1888 (endemic)
• Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890
• Alaena kiellandi Carcasson, 1965 (endemic)
• Alaena madibirensis Wichgraf, 1921 (endemic)
• Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966
• Alaena nyassa nyassa Hewitson, 1877
• Alaena nyassa major Oberthür, 1888
• Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896
• Alaena reticulata Butler, 1896
• Alaena unimaculosa aurantiaca Butler, 1895
• Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886
• Pentila cloetensi albida Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910
• Pentila pauli alberta Hulstaert, 1924
• Pentila pauli clarensis Neave, 1903
• Pentila pauli dama (Suffert, 1904)
• Pentila pauli nyassana Aurivillius, 1899
• Pentila rogersi rogersi (Druce, 1907)
• Pentila rogersi parapetreia Rebel, 1908
• Pentila rondo Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
• Pentila tropicalis mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
• Pentila umangiana connectens Hulstaert, 1924
• Pentila umangiana mpanda Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
• Telipna sanguinea depuncta Talbot, 1937
• Telipna kigoma Kielland, 1978 (endemic)
• Telipna consanguinea ugandae Behune-Baker, 1926
• Ornipholidotos ugandae Stempffer, 1947
• Ornipholidotos teroensis Stempffer, 1957
• Ornipholidotos katangae reducta Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos overlaeti intermedia Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos gemina fournierae Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
• Ornipholidotos ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Ornipholidotos latimargo (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Ornipholidotos tanganyikae Kielland, 1983 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos emarginata maxima Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos paradoxa orientis Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos nguru Kielland, 1987 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos peucetia peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
• Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Cooksonia neavei (Druce, 1912)
• Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Oberthür, 1893) (endemic)
• Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (endemic)
• Mimacraea krausei poultoni Neave, 1904
• Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
• Mimacraea marginata Libert & Collins, 2000 (endemic)
• Mimacraea marshalli marshalli Trimen, 1898
• Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi Rothschild, 1901
• Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912
• Mimacraea skoptoles Druce, 1907
• Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937)
• Mimeresia neavei (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Liptena amabilis nyanzae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
• Liptena despecta (Holland, 1890)
• Liptena eukrines Druce, 1905
• Liptena eukrinoides Talbot, 1937
• Liptena minziro Collins & Larsen, 2008
• Liptena flavicans katera Stempffer, 1956
• Liptena hapale Talbot, 1935
• Liptena homeyeri Dewitz, 1884
• Liptena kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
• Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena nigromarginata Stempffer, 1961
• Liptena opaca ugandana Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena orubrum teroana Talbot, 1935
• Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923
• Liptena rubromacula jacksoni Carpenter, 1934
• Liptena turbata (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena xanthostola xantha (Grose-Smith, 1901)
• Kakumia ideoides (Dewitz, 1887)
• Tetrarhanis ilma daltoni (Poulton, 1929)
• Tetrarhanis ilma lathyi (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Tetrarhanis ilma ugandae (Stempffer, 1964)
• Falcuna orientalis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Larinopoda tera (Hewitson, 1873)
• Micropentila bunyoro Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila cherereti Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila jacksoni Talbot, 1937
• Micropentila katerae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila mpigi Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Micropentila victoriae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Pseuderesia eleaza katera Stempffer, 1961
• Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
• Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina bilinea Talbot, 1935
• Eresina conradti Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina katera Stempffer, 1962
• Eresina masaka Stempffer, 1962
• Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
• Eresiomera kiellandi Larsen, 1998 (endemic)
• Eresiomera rougeoti (Stempffer, 1961)
• Citrinophila erastus pallida Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Citrinophila unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Argyrocheila inundifera Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Argyrocheila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Teriomima subpunctata Kirby, 1887
• Teriomima puella Kirby, 1887
• Teriomima micra (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Teriomima parva parva Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Teriomima parva beylissi Henning & Henning, 2004
• Euthecta cooksoni subgrisea Henning & Henning, 2004
• Euthecta cooksoni marginata Henning & Henning, 2004
• Euthecta cordeiroi Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
• Baliochila dubiosa Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila amanica Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila latimarginata latimarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Baliochila latimarginata rondoensis Henning & Henning, 2004
• Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila congdoni Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Baliochila warrengashi Collins & Larsen, 1996 (endemic)
• Baliochila lequeuxi Kielland, 1994 (endemic)
• Baliochila collinsi Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Baliochila megadentata Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Baliochila nguru Kielland, 1986 (endemic)
• Baliochila citrina Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Baliochila abri Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila pseudofragilis Kielland, 1976 (endemic)
• Baliochila stygia Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila fusca Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Baliochila mwanihanae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
• Baliochila pringlei Stempffer, 1967 (endemic)
• Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Congdonia duplex Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)
• Eresinopsides bichroma Strand, 1911
• Eresinopsides bamptoni Henning & Henning, 2004 (endemic)

Epitolini

• Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
• Iridana hypocala Eltringham, 1929
• Iridana jacksoni Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana katera Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana marina Talbot, 1935
• Iridana unyoro Stempffer, 1964
• Teratoneura congoensis Stempffer, 1954
• Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cerautola crowleyi congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999
• Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
• Cerautola semibrunnea bamptoni Libert & Collins, 1999
• Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890)
• Geritola liana (Roche, 1954)
• Geritola subargentea (Jackson, 1964)
• Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
• Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890)
• Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Stempfferia mara (Talbot, 1935)
• Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
• Cephetola eliasis (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
• Cephetola gerdae (Kielland & Libert, 1998) (endemic)
• Cephetola izidori (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
• Cephetola kamengensis (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola katerae (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola kiellandi (Libert & Congdon, 1998)
• Cephetola mariae Libert, 1999
• Cephetola martini (Libert, 1998)
• Cephetola mpangensis (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
• Cephetola peteri (Kielland & Congdon, 1998)
• Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937)
• Cephetola subgriseata (Jackson, 1964)
• Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Cephetola tanzaniensis Libert, 1999 (endemic)
• Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935)
• Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Deloneura abri Congdon & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
• Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
• Deloneura subfusca Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962
• Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
• Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
• Epitolina catori ugandae Jackson, 1962
• Hypophytala benitensis minziro Libert & Collins, 1999
• Hypophytala vansomereni (Jackson, 1964)
• Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia kuehnei Collins & Larsen, 2008
• Hewitsonia intermedia Jackson, 1962

Aphnaeinae

• Pseudaletis agrippina Druce, 1888
• Pseudaletis busoga van Someren, 1939
• Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
• Lipaphnaeus aderna pan (Talbot, 1935)
• Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916)
• Lipaphnaeus eustorgia (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Lipaphnaeus leonina paradoxa (Schultze, 1908)
• Lipaphnaeus leonina loxura (Rebel, 1914)
• Chloroselas azurea Butler, 1900
• Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
• Chloroselas minima Jackson, 1966
• Chloroselas overlaeti Stempffer, 1956
• Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
• Vansomerenia rogersi (Riley, 1932)
• Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
• Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
• Cigaritis brunnea (Jackson, 1966)
• Cigaritis collinsi (Kielland, 1980) (endemic)
• Cigaritis crustaria (Holland, 1890)
• Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Cigaritis nairobiensis (Sharpe, 1904)
• Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
• Cigaritis tanganyikae (Kielland, 1990) (endemic)
• Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
• Cigaritis trimeni (Neave, 1910)
• Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
• Axiocerses harpax ugandana Clench, 1963
• Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
• Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith, 1900
• Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996
• Axiocerses styx Rebel, 1908 (endemic)
• Axiocerses kiellandi Henning & Henning, 1996 (endemic)
• Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
• Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Aloeides conradsi conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907)
• Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
• Aloeides conradsi talboti Tite & Dickson, 1973
• Aloeides molomo kiellandi Carcasson, 1961
• Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890
• Aphnaeus erikssoni kiellandi Stempffer, 1972
• Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius, 1909
• Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
• Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928
• Aphnaeus marshalli Neave, 1910
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

• Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
• Myrina sharpei Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
• Hypolycaena amanica Stempffer, 1951 (endemic)
• Hypolycaena antifaunus latimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Hypolycaena auricostalis auricostalis (Butler, 1897)
• Hypolycaena auricostalis frommi Strand, 1911
• Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
• Hypolycaena buxtoni spurcus Talbot, 1929
• Hypolycaena hatita japhusa Riley, 1921
• Hypolycaena hatita ugandae Sharpe, 1904
• Hypolycaena kadiskos Druce, 1890
• Hypolycaena lebona davenporti Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena liara liara Druce, 1890
• Hypolycaena liara plana Talbot, 1935
• Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
• Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
• Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis Stempffer, 1954
• Hemiolaus caeculus vividus Pinhey, 1962
• Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
• Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
• Iolaus apatosa (Stempffer, 1952)
• Iolaus bamptoni (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (endemic)
• Iolaus bellina exquisita (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus congdoni (Kielland, 1985)
• Iolaus diametra diametra (Karsch, 1895)
• Iolaus diametra littoralis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Iolaus diametra zanzibarensis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Iolaus dubiosa (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
• Iolaus farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
• Iolaus fontainei (Stempffer, 1956)
• Iolaus frater (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
• Iolaus jacksoni (Stempffer, 1950)
• Iolaus mermis (Druce, 1896)
• Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
• Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus neavei katera Talbot, 1937
• Iolaus nolaensis amanica (Stempffer, 1951)
• Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
• Iolaus silanus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889
• Iolaus silanus alticola (Stempffer, 1961)
• Iolaus silanus rondo (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Iolaus silanus zanzibarica (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Iolaus stenogrammica (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus tajoraca ertli Aurivillius, 1916
• Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
• Iolaus henryi (Stempffer, 1961)
• Iolaus jamesoni (Druce, 1891)
• Iolaus parasilanus parasilanus Rebel, 1914
• Iolaus parasilanus divaricatus (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus poecilaon (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus aequatorialis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus cottrelli (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus iturensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
• Iolaus maritimus usambara (Stempffer, 1961)
• Iolaus montana (Kielland, 1978) (endemic)
• Iolaus ndolae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus pamae Heath, 1994
• Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
• Iolaus timon orientius Hulstaert, 1924
• Iolaus catori cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Etesiolaus pinheyi (Kielland, 1986) (endemic)
• Stugeta bowkeri maria Suffert, 1904
• Stugeta bowkeri mombasae Butler, 1901
• Stugeta bowkeri nyasana Talbot, 1935
• Stugeta mimetica Aurivillius, 1916 (endemic)
• Pilodeudorix mimeta angusta Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix baginei (Collins & Larsen, 1991)
• Pilodeudorix anetia (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Pilodeudorix bemba (Neave, 1910)
• Pilodeudorix canescens (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Pilodeudorix infuscata (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix kafuensis (Neave, 1910)
• Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945)
• Pilodeudorix nyanzana (Stempffer, 1957)
• Pilodeudorix otraeda genuba (Hewitson, 1875)
• Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
• Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
• Pilodeudorix camerona katanga (Clench, 1965)
• Pilodeudorix congoana orientalis (Stempffer, 1957)
• Pilodeudorix kohli (Aurivillius, 1921)
• Pilodeudorix rodgersi Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
• Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
• Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
• Pilodeudorix hugoi Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix corruscans (Aurivillius, 1898)
• Pilodeudorix kiellandi (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
• Paradeudorix marginata (Stempffer, 1962)
• Hypomyrina nomenia extensa Libert, 2004
• Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
• Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix dinomenes dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966
• Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
• Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
• Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
• Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
• Deudorix lorisona lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
• Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966
• Deudorix lorisona baronica Ungemach, 1932
• Deudorix montana (Kielland, 1985)
• Deudorix mpanda (Kielland, 1990) (endemic)
• Deudorix odana Druce, 1887
• Deudorix penningtoni van Son, 1949
• Deudorix ufipa Kielland, 1978
• Deudorix vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
• Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916
• Capys catharus Riley, 1932
• Capys connexivus Butler, 1897
• Capys usambarae Congdon & Collins, 1998 (endemic)

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954
• Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
• Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene hobleyi ufipa Kielland, 1990
• Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
• Anthene katera Talbot, 1937
• Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
• Anthene lemnos loa (Strand, 1911)
• Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914) (endemic)
• Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene madibirensis (Wichgraf, 1921) (endemic)
• Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
• Anthene montana Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990
• Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
• Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
• Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene rubricinctus anadema (Druce, 1905)
• Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli Stempffer, 1961
• Anthene rubrimaculata rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909) (endemic)
• Anthene rubrimaculata tukuyu Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Anthene rubrimaculata zanzibarica Congdon & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
• Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Anthene sylvanus albicans (Grünberg, 1910)
• Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
• Anthene ukerewensis (Strand, 1909) (endemic)
• Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
• Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)
• Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
• Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
• Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene inconspicua (Druce, 1910)
• Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
• Anthene lamias katerae (d'Abrera, 1980)
• Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
• Cupidesthes arescopa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962)
• Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
• Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966
• Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)
• Lycaena phlaeas ethiopica (Poulton, 1922)

Polyommatini

• Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
• Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
• Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
• Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
• Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989
• Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892)
• Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895
• Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958
• Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909
• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
• Uranothauma heritsia chibonotana (Aurivillius, 1910)
• Uranothauma heritsia intermedia (Tite, 1958)
• Uranothauma heritsia virgo (Butler, 1896)
• Uranothauma kilimensis Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
• Uranothauma lukwangule Kielland, 1987 (endemic)
• Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)
• Uranothauma nguru Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
• Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
• Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
• Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980
• Uranothauma usambarae Kielland, 1980 (endemic)
• Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
• Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961
• Phlyaria cyara tenuimarginata (Grünberg, 1908)
• Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
• Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
• Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
• Harpendyreus aequatorialis vulcanica (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
• Harpendyreus berger Stempffer, 1976 (endemic)
• Harpendyreus boma (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (endemic)
• Harpendyreus juno (Butler, 1897)
• Harpendyreus major (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
• Harpendyreus marungensis marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
• Harpendyreus marungensis mangalisae Kielland, 1986
• Harpendyreus meruana (Aurivillius, 1910) (endemic)
• Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
• Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
• Tuxentius calice calice (Hopffer, 1855)
• Tuxentius calice gregorii (Butler, 1894)
• Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907)
• Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892)
• Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Tuxentius stempfferi (Kielland, 1976) (endemic)
• Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
• Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
• Actizera stellata (Trimen, 1883)
• Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
• Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
• Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924
• Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
• Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
• Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
• Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
• Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
• Euchrysops crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967
• Euchrysops kabrosae rosieae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
• Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Euchrysops nandensis (Neave, 1904)
• Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
• Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
• Thermoniphas fontainei Stempffer, 1956
• Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
• Thermoniphas plurilimbata Karsch, 1895
• Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
• Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
• Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)
• Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
• Lepidochrysops anerius kiellandi Stempffer, 1972
• Lepidochrysops chala Kielland, 1980
• Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops cinerea (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops cupreus (Neave, 1910)
• Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
• Lepidochrysops dollmani (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli Stempffer, 1954
• Lepidochrysops inyangae (Pinhey, 1945)
• Lepidochrysops jansei van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops kennethi Kielland, 1986 (endemic)
• Lepidochrysops kilimanjarensis (Strand, 1909) (endemic)
• Lepidochrysops koaena (Strand, 1911) (endemic)
• Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
• Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
• Lepidochrysops lukenia van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops mpanda Tite, 1961 (endemic)
• Lepidochrysops neonegus (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops peculiaris peculiaris (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
• Lepidochrysops plebeia proclus (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Lepidochrysops solwezii (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Riodinidae

Nemeobiinae

• Abisara caeca Rebel, 1914
• Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932
• Abisara rogersi simulacris Riley, 1932
• Abisara neavei neavei Riley, 1932
• Abisara neavei congdoni Kielland, 1985
• Abisara neavei mahale Kielland, 1978
• Abisara delicata tanzania Kielland, 1986
• Abisara delicata zanzibarica Collins, 1990

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

• Libythea labdaca labdaca Westwood, 1851
• Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
• Tirumala formosa formosa (Godman, 1880)
• Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
• Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
• Amauris niavius niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
• Amauris tartarea tartarea Mabille, 1876
• Amauris tartarea damoclides Staudinger, 1896
• Amauris tartarea tukuyuensis Kielland, 1990
• Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888
• Amauris albimaculata interposita Talbot, 1940
• Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940
• Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
• Amauris crawshayi crawshayi Butler, 1897
• Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
• Amauris damocles makuyensis Carcasson, 1964
• Amauris echeria meruensis Talbot, 1940
• Amauris echeria serica Talbot, 1940
• Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
• Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936
• Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920)
• Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)
• Amauris hyalites Butler, 1874
• Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940
• Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
• Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896
• Amauris vashti (Butler, 1869)

Satyrinae

Elymniini

• Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902)

Melanitini

• Gnophodes betsimena diversa (Butler, 1880)
• Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
• Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
• Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria pigmentaria Karsch, 1894
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria kanga Kielland, 1989
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria mbulu Kielland, 1989
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria semilatilimba Kielland, 1989
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria seminigra Kielland, 1985
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria songeana Kielland, 1989
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria uzungwa Kielland, 1989
• Aphysoneura scapulifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1922

Satyrini

• Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895)
• Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
• Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus buea (Strand, 1912)
• Bicyclus campina campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
• Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910)
• Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
• Bicyclus cooksoni (Druce, 1905)
• Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952)
• Bicyclus danckelmani (Rogenhofer, 1891) (endemic)
• Bicyclus pareensis Collins & Kielland, 2008
• Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
• Bicyclus dubia (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus graueri (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus hyperanthus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Bicyclus ignobilis acutus Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Bicyclus kiellandi Condamin, 1986 (endemic)
• Bicyclus mahale Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
• Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
• Bicyclus mesogena ugandae (Riley, 1926)
• Bicyclus mollitia (Karsch, 1895)
• Bicyclus nachtetis Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
• Bicyclus sambulos sambulos (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus sambulos cyaneus Condamin, 1961
• Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
• Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus similis Condamin, 1963 (endemic)
• Bicyclus simulacris simulacris Kielland, 1990
• Bicyclus simulacris septentrionalis Kielland, 1990
• Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus tanzanicus Condamin, 1986 (endemic)
• Bicyclus trilophus jacksoni Condamin, 1961
• Bicyclus uzungwensis uzungwensis Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Bicyclus uzungwensis granti Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
• Heteropsis elisi tanzanica (Kielland, 1994)
• Heteropsis elisi uluguru (Kielland, 1990)
• Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
• Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
• Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
• Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
• Heteropsis ubenica ubenica (Thurau, 1903)
• Heteropsis ubenica mahale (Kielland, 1994)
• Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
• Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa (Kielland, 1994)
• Heteropsis peitho gigas (Libert, 2006)
• Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
• Ypthima antennata van Son, 1955
• Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
• Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
• Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
• Ypthima pupillaris obscurata Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
• Ypthima rhodesiana Carcasson, 1961
• Ypthima simplicia Butler, 1876
• Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
• Mashuna upemba (Overlaet, 1955)
• Neocoenyra cooksoni Druce, 1907
• Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
• Neocoenyra fuligo Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra heckmanni heckmanni Thurau, 1903 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra heckmanni kennethi Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra heckmanni mangalisa Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra heckmanni mbinga Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra heckmanni uzungwae Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra jordani jordani Rebel, 1906 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra jordani septentrionalis Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra kivuensis Seydel, 1929
• Neocoenyra masaica Carcasson, 1958
• Neocoenyra paralellopupillata (Karsch, 1897) (endemic)
• Neocoenyra petersi Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra pinheyi Carcasson, 1961 (endemic)
• Neocoenyra ypthimoides Butler, 1894
• Coenyropsis bera (Hewitson, 1877)
• Coenyropsis carcassoni Kielland, 1976
• Physcaeneura jacksoni Carcasson, 1961 (endemic)
• Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Physcaeneura pione Godman, 1880
• Physcaeneura robertsi Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neita orbipalus orbipalus Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neita orbipalus congdoni Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Neita victoriae (Aurivillius, 1899)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
• Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes acuminatus acuminatus Thurau, 1903
• Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes acuminatus rondonis Kielland, 1987
• Charaxes acuminatus teitensis van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes acuminatus usambarensis van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
• Charaxes protoclea catenaria Rousseau-Decelle, 1934
• Charaxes protoclea nothodes Jordan, 1911
• Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
• Charaxes lasti lasti Grose-Smith, 1889
• Charaxes lasti kimbozae Kielland, 1984
• Charaxes lasti magomberae Kielland, 1984
• Charaxes cynthia mukuyu van Someren, 1969
• Charaxes cynthia parvicaudatus Lathy, 1925
• Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes jasius harrisoni Sharpe, 1904
• Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
• Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
• Charaxes castor castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes castor arthuri van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
• Charaxes brutus alcyone Stoneham, 1943
• Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
• Charaxes brutus roberti Turlin, 1987
• Charaxes ansorgei kilimanjarica van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes ansorgei kungwensis van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes ansorgei levicki Poulton, 1933
• Charaxes ansorgei loita Plantrou, 1982
• Charaxes ansorgei rydoni van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes ansorgei simoni Turlin, 1987
• Charaxes ansorgei ufipa Kielland, 1978
• Charaxes pollux pollux (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes pollux maua van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes pollux mira Ackery, 1995
• Charaxes pollux piersoni Collins, 1990
• Charaxes druceanus praestans Turlin, 1989
• Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
• Charaxes druceanus septentrionalis Lathy, 1925
• Charaxes druceanus teita van Someren, 1939
• Charaxes eudoxus katerae Carpenter, 1937
• Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes eudoxus raffaellae Plantrou, 1982
• Charaxes lucyae lucyae van Someren, 1975 (endemic)
• Charaxes lucyae gabriellae Turlin & Chovet, 1987 (endemic)
• Charaxes lucyae mwanihanae Kielland, 1982 (endemic)
• Charaxes richelmanni scheveni Ackery, 1995
• Charaxes numenes aequatorialis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
• Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes mixtus tanzanicus Kielland, 1988
• Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
• Charaxes smaragdalis homonymus Bryk, 1939
• Charaxes smaragdalis kagera van Someren, 1964
• Charaxes smaragdalis kigoma van Someren, 1964
• Charaxes xiphares brevicaudatus Schultze, 1914
• Charaxes xiphares kiellandi Plantrou, 1976
• Charaxes xiphares kilimensis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes xiphares maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1918
• Charaxes xiphares nguru Collins, 1989
• Charaxes xiphares sitebi Plantrou, 1981
• Charaxes xiphares walwandi Collins, 1989
• Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859
• Charaxes cithaeron joanae van Someren, 1964
• Charaxes cithaeron kennethi Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes violetta maritima van Someren, 1966
• Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963
• Charaxes imperialis graziellae Turlin, 1989
• Charaxes imperialis lisomboensis van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes ameliae amelina Joicey & Talbot, 1925
• Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes pythodoris pythodoris Hewitson, 1873
• Charaxes pythodoris nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889
• Charaxes pythodoris pallida van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
• Charaxes etesipe etesipe (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes etesipe pemba van Someren, 1966
• Charaxes etesipe shaba Berger, 1981
• Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
• Charaxes penricei penricei Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes penricei tanganyikae van Someren, 1966
• Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
• Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
• Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925
• Charaxes jahlusa kigomaensis van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes jahlusa mafiae Turlin & Lequeux, 1992
• Charaxes jahlusa rwandensis Plantrou, 1976
• Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Charaxes eupale veneris White & Grant, 1989
• Charaxes dilutus dilutus Rothschild, 1898
• Charaxes dilutus amanica Collins, 1990
• Charaxes anticlea adusta Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes baumanni baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891
• Charaxes baumanni granti Turlin, 1989
• Charaxes baumanni interposita van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894
• Charaxes blanda Rothschild, 1897
• Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes etheocles carpenteri van Someren & Jackson, 1957
• Charaxes margaretae Rydon, 1980
• Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes howarthi , 1976
• Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
• Charaxes fionae Henning, 1977
• Charaxes kirki Butler, 1881
• Charaxes berkeleyi berkeleyi van Someren & Jackson, 1957
• Charaxes berkeleyi marci Congdon & Collins, 1998
• Charaxes aubyni aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957
• Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969
• Charaxes pembanus Jordan, 1925 (endemic)
• Charaxes usambarae usambarae van Someren & Jackson, 1952 (endemic)
• Charaxes usambarae maridadi Collins, 1987 (endemic)
• Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
• Charaxes pleione bebra Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes zoolina zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
• Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
• Charaxes nichetes leoninus Butler, 1895
• Charaxes nichetes pantherinus Rousseau-Decelle, 1934
• Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana Plantrou, 1978
• Charaxes zelica toyoshimai Carcasson, 1964
• Charaxes porthos dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922
• Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899
• Charaxes gerdae Rydon, 1989
• Charaxes phenix phenix Turlin & Lequeux, 1993 (endemic)
• Charaxes phenix daniellae White, 1996 (endemic)
• Charaxes prettejohni Collins, 1990 (endemic)
• Charaxes chunguensis White & Grant, 1986 (endemic)
• Charaxes grahamei van Someren, 19696 (endemic)
• Charaxes mccleeryi van Someren, 1972 (endemic)

Euxanthini

• Charaxes crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)
• Charaxes crossleyi magnifica (Rebel, 1914)
• Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
• Charaxes tiberius (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Pallini

• Palla publius kigoma van Someren, 1975
• Palla ussheri interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1925

Apaturinae

• Apaturopsis cleochares cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)
• Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921

Nymphalinae

• Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)
• Vanessula milca latifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1928

Nymphalini

• Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
• Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
• Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
• Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
• Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
• Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
• Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
• Junonia gregorii Butler, 1896
• Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
• Junonia terea tereoides (Butler, 1901)
• Junonia touhilimasa Vuillot, 1892
• Junonia westermanni splendens (Schmidt, 1921)
• Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
• Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
• Salamis cacta cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Salamis cacta amaniensis Vosseler, 1907
• Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Protogoniomorpha temora temora (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Protogoniomorpha temora virescens (Suffert, 1904)
• Precis actia Distant, 1880
• Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
• Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
• Precis cuama (Hewitson, 1864)
• Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891
• Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
• Precis rauana (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Precis sinuata sinuata Plötz, 1880
• Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
• Precis tugela aurorina (Butler, 1894)
• Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
• Hypolimnas antevorta (Distant, 1880) (endemic)
• Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
• Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857)
• Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
• Hypolimnas dinarcha grandis Rothschild, 1918
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Hypolimnas monteironis major Rothschild, 1918
• Hypolimnas salmacis magnifica Rothschild, 1918
• Hypolimnas usambara (Ward, 1872)
• Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

• Cyrestis camillus camillus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Cyrestis camillus sublineata Lathy, 1901

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
• Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
• Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
• Mesoxantha ethosea reducta Rothschild, 1918
• Ariadne enotrea archeri Carcasson, 1958
• Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)
• Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
• Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
• Eurytela hiarbas hiarbas (Drury, 1782)
• Eurytela hiarbas lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Epicaliini

• Sevenia amulia benguelae (Chapman, 1872)
• Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
• Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
• Sevenia dubiosa (Strand, 1911)
• Sevenia garega (Karsch, 1892)
• Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
• Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
• Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
• Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild, 1918)
• Sevenia pseudotrimeni (Kielland, 1985) (endemic)
• Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)
• Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892)
• Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
• Cymothoe amaniensis Rydon, 1980 (endemic)
• Cymothoe aurivillii aurivillii Staudinger, 1899 (endemic)
• Cymothoe aurivillii handeni Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
• Cymothoe aurivillii latifasciata Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
• Cymothoe aurivillii nguru Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
• Cymothoe aurivillii tenuifasciae Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
• Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
• Cymothoe collinsi Rydon, 1980 (endemic)
• Cymothoe coranus coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
• Cymothoe coranus kiellandi Beaurain, 1988
• Cymothoe cottrelli cottrelli Rydon, 1980
• Cymothoe cottrelli njombe Rydon, 1996
• Cymothoe confusa Aurivillius, 1887
• Cymothoe herminia johnstoni (Butler, 1902)
• Cymothoe hobarti hobarti Butler, 1900
• Cymothoe hobarti lactanganyikae Collins, 1990
• Cymothoe lurida azumai Carcasson, 1964
• Cymothoe lurida butleri Grünberg, 1908
• Cymothoe magambae magambae Rydon, 1980 (endemic)
• Cymothoe magambae pareensis Rydon, 1996 (endemic)
• Pseudoneptis bugandensis Stoneham, 1935
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii pemba Kielland, 1990
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
• Pseudacraea deludens amaurina Neustetter, 1928
• Pseudacraea deludens morogoro Kielland, 1990
• Pseudacraea deludens reducta Kielland, 1990
• Pseudacraea deludens tanganyikae Kielland, 1990
• Pseudacraea dolomena usagarae Staudinger, 1891
• Pseudacraea eurytus eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893
• Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)
• Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
• Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)

Neptidini

• Neptis agouale agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
• Neptis agouale parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996
• Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis aurivillii aurivillii Schultze, 1913
• Neptis aurivillii ufipa Kielland, 1990
• Neptis carcassoni Van Son, 1959
• Neptis carpenteri d'Abrera, 1980
• Neptis clarei Neave, 1904
• Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
• Neptis constantiae Carcasson, 1961
• Neptis angusta Condamin, 1966
• Neptis exaleuca suffusa Rothschild, 1918
• Neptis goochii Trimen, 1879
• Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis incongrua incongrua Butler, 1896
• Neptis incongrua isidoro Kielland, 1985
• Neptis incongrua nguru Kielland, 1987
• Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
• Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis livingstonei Suffert, 1904 (endemic)
• Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
• Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis nemetes margueriteae Fox, 1968
• Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
• Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896
• Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
• Neptis ochracea ochracea Neave, 1904
• Neptis ochracea reductata Larsen, 1995
• Neptis ochracea uluguru Kielland, 1985
• Neptis penningtoni van Son, 1977
• Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
• Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921
• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis strigata kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996
• Neptis trigonophora trigonophora Butler, 1878
• Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912

Adoliadini

• Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
• Catuna oberthueri Karsch, 1894
• Catuna sikorana Rogenhofer, 1889
• Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euryphura chalcis chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Euryphura chalcis kiellandi Hecq, 1990
• Euryphura concordia (Hopffer, 1855)
• Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
• Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909
• Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855
• Cynandra opis bernardii Lagnel, 1967
• Euriphene conjungens kiellandi Hecq, 1994
• Euriphene iris (Aurivillius, 1903)
• Euriphene obsoleta munene Hecq, 1994
• Euriphene ribensis (Ward, 1871)
• Euriphene saphirina saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
• Euriphene saphirina itanii (Carcasson, 1964)
• Euriphene saphirina memoria Hecq, 1994
• Euriphene tadema nigropunctata (Aurivillius, 1901)
• Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
• Bebearia absolon entebbiae (Lathy, 1906)
• Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
• Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939)
• Bebearia orientis orientis (Karsch, 1895)
• Bebearia orientis insularis Kielland, 1985
• Bebearia sophus audeoudi (Riley, 1936)
• Bebearia sophus ochreata (Carcasson, 1961)
• Bebearia plistonax (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bebearia phantasiella simulata (van Someren, 1939)
• Bebearia chriemhilda (Staudinger, 1896)
• Bebearia kiellandi Hecq, 1993 (endemic)
• Euphaedra medon innotata Holland, 1920
• Euphaedra medon neustetteri Niepelt, 1915
• Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
• Euphaedra hollandi Hecq, 1974
• Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
• Euphaedra phosphor Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Euphaedra uganda minzuru Hecq, 1992
• Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
• Euphaedra alacris Hecq, 1978
• Euphaedra cooksoni Druce, 1905
• Euphaedra confina Hecq, 1992 (endemic)
• Euphaedra castanoides Hecq, 1985
• Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
• Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra harpalyce spatiosa (Mabille, 1876)
• Euphaedra neophron neophron (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euphaedra neophron littoralis Talbot, 1929
• Euphaedra neophron violaceae (Butler, 1888)
• Euphaedra neophron kiellandi Hecq, 1985
• Euphaedra neophron rydoni Howarth, 1969
• Euptera elabontas elabontas (Hewitson, 1871)
• Euptera elabontas mweruensis Neave, 1910
• Euptera hirundo lufirensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Pseudathyma cyrili Chovet, 2002
• Pseudathyma lucretioides rondo Kielland, 1987
• Pseudathyma plutonica plutonica Butler, 1902
• Pseudathyma plutonica expansa Kielland, 1978
• Pseudathyma uluguru uluguru Kielland, 1985 (endemic)
• Pseudathyma uluguru abriana Collins, 2002 (endemic)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea cerasa cerasa Hewitson, 1861
• Acraea cerasa cerita Sharpe, 1906
• Acraea cerasa kiellandi Carcasson, 1964
• Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea boopis ama Pierre, 1979
• Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
• Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
• Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
• Acraea hamata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
• Acraea insignis Distant, 1880
• Acraea kappa Pierre, 1979 (endemic)
• Acraea leucographa Ribbe, 1889
• Acraea machequena Grose-Smith, 1887
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
• Acraea punctimarginea Pinhey, 1956 (endemic)
• Acraea quirina quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea quirina rosa Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873
• Acraea satis Ward, 1871
• Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea asema Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea bergeriana Pierre, 1979 (endemic)
• Acraea chaeribula Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea egina areca Mabille, 1889
• Acraea egina pembanus Kielland, 1990
• Acraea guillemei Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea manca Thurau, 1904 (endemic)
• Acraea periphanes Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea pudorina Staudinger, 1885
• Acraea punctellata Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea rohlfsi Suffert, 1904 (endemic)
• Acraea utengulensis Thurau, 1903
• Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
• Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
• Acraea caecilia caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea caecilia pudora Aurivillius, 1910
• Acraea caldarena caldarena Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878
• Acraea equatorialis equatorialis Neave, 1904
• Acraea equatorialis anaemia Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea leucopyga Aurivillius, 1904
• Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
• Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
• Acraea stenobea Wallengren, 1860
• Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902
• Acraea kia Pierre, 1990 (endemic)
• Acraea adrasta Weymer, 1892
• Acraea aganice montana (Butler, 1888)
• Acraea aganice nicega (Suffert, 1904)
• Acraea alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Acraea consanguinea albicolor (Karsch, 1895)
• Acraea epaea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
• Acraea epaea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea epaea melina (Thurau, 1903)
• Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
• Acraea epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
• Acraea poggei poggei Dewitz, 1879
• Acraea poggei nelsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
• Acraea quadricolor quadricolor (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Acraea quadricolor itumbana (Jordan, 1910)
• Acraea quadricolor latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892)
• Acraea quadricolor leptis (Jordan, 1910)
• Acraea quadricolor mahale (Kielland, 1990)
• Acraea quadricolor morogoro (Carpenter & Jackson, 1950)
• Acraea quadricolor uluguru (Kielland, 1990)
• Acraea scalivittata scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
• Acraea scalivittata kiellandianus Koçak, 1996
• Acraea tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910)
• Acraea umbra macarioides (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Acraea vestalis congoensis (Le Doux, 1937)
• Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea acuta Howarth, 1969
• Acraea ngorongoro Kielland, 1990
• Acraea nigromaculata Kielland, 1990
• Acraea rubrobasalis Kielland, 1990
• Acraea alciopoides Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Acraea alicia alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
• Acraea alicia mbulu Kielland, 1990
• Acraea alicia uzungwae Kielland, 1990
• Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
• Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
• Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea baxteri baxteri Sharpe, 1902
• Acraea baxteri oldeani Kielland, 1990
• Acraea baxteri subsquamia Thurau, 1903
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
• Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
• Acraea excelsior Sharpe, 1891
• Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
• Acraea humilis Sharpe, 1897
• Acraea iturina Grose-Smith, 1890
• Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
• Acraea kalinzu Carpenter, 1936
• Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
• Acraea oberthueri Butler, 1895
• Acraea orestia orestia Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea orestia sambar Stoneham, 1943
• Acraea pentapolis epidica Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea pharsalus pharsalus Ward, 1871
• Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Holland, 1892
• Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892
• Acraea ventura ventura Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
• Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea vuilloti Mabille, 1889 (endemic)
• Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
• Acraea lusinga Overlaet, 1955
• Acraea rahira rahira Boisduval, 1833
• Acraea rahira mufindi Kielland, 1990
• Acraea aubyni Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea cinerea Neave, 1904
• Acraea conradti Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea igola Trimen & Bowker, 1889
• Acraea ntebiae ntebiae Sharpe, 1897
• Acraea ntebiae kigoma Kielland, 1978
• Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891
• Acraea orinata Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea parrhasia orientis Aurivillius, 1904
• Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea perenna thesprio Oberthür, 1893
• Acraea quirinalis Grose-Smith, 1900
• Acraea semivitrea Aurivillius, 1895
• Acraea kuekenthali Le Doux, 1922
• Acraea lyci Pierre, 2006 (endemic)

Argynnini

• Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961
• Issoria baumanni katangae (Neave, 1910)
• Issoria baumanni orientalis Kielland, 1990
• Issoria hanningtoni (Elwes, 1889)

Vagrantini

• Lachnoptera anticlia (Hübner, 1819)
• Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
• Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
• Coeliades keithloa kenya Evans, 1937
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Celaenorrhinus bettoni Butler, 1902
• Celaenorrhinus boadicea howarthi Berger, 1976
• Celaenorrhinus cordeironis Kielland, 1992 (endemic)
• Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata (Butler, 1888)
• Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
• Celaenorrhinus homeyeri (Plötz, 1880)
• Celaenorrhinus intermixtus evansi Berger, 1975
• Celaenorrhinus kimboza Evans, 1949 (endemic)
• Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus perlustris Rebel, 1914
• Celaenorrhinus proxima (Mabille, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus rubeho Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Celaenorrhinus sanjeensis Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Celaenorrhinus uluguru Kielland, 1990 (endemic)
• Celaenorrhinus zanqua Evans, 1937
• Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eretis herewardi Riley, 1921
• Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
• Eretis mitiana Evans, 1937
• Eretis umbra maculifera Mabille & Boullet, 1916
• Eretis vaga Evans, 1937
• Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894
• Sarangesa aza Evans, 1951
• Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa brigida atra Evans, 1937
• Sarangesa haplopa Swinhoe, 1907
• Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
• Sarangesa princei Karsch, 1896
• Sarangesa ruona Evans, 1937
• Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956
• Sarangesa tricerata compacta Evans, 1951

Tagiadini

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Eagris decastigma purpura Evans, 1937
• Eagris lucetia (Hewitson, 1875)
• Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
• Eagris sabadius astoria Holland, 1896
• Eagris sabadius ochreana Lathy, 1901
• Calleagris hollandi (Butler, 1897)
• Calleagris jamesoni jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
• Calleagris jamesoni jacksoni Evans, 1951
• Calleagris lacteus (Mabille, 1877)
• Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
• Leucochitonea amneris (Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894) (endemic)
• Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901
• Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994
• Abantis leucogaster iruma Evans, 1951
• Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
• Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
• Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889
• Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

Carcharodini

• Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Spialia confusa confusa Evans, 1937
• Spialia confusa obscura Evans, 1937
• Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
• Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
• Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)
• Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
• Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Astictopterus bruno (Evans, 1937) (endemic)
• Astictopterus punctulata (Butler, 1895)
• Astictopterus stellata amania Evans, 1947
• Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894)
• Astictopterus tura Evans, 1951 (endemic)
• Prosopalpus debilis (Plötz, 1879)
• Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
• Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
• Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
• Ampittia parva Aurivillius, 1925 (endemic)
• Ampittia kilombero Larsen & Congdon, 2012
• Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
• Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
• Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
• Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
• Kedestes nerva paola Plötz, 1884
• Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901
• Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
• Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
• Kedestes fenestratus (Butler, 1894)
• Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
• Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Gorgyra bibulus Riley, 1929
• Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra diva Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
• Gorgyra kalinzu Evans, 1949
• Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra vosseleri Grünberg, 1907 (endemic)
• Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896
• Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
• Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
• Ceratrichia bonga Evans, 1947 (endemic)
• Ceratrichia brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937
• Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Ceratrichia mabirensis Riley, 1925
• Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891
• Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909
• Pardaleodes bule Holland, 1896
• Pardaleodes fan (Holland, 1894)
• Pardaleodes incerta (Snellen, 1872)
• Pardaleodes sator pusiella Mabille, 1877
• Xanthodisca vibius (Hewitson, 1878)
• Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
• Osmodes adon (Mabille, 1890)
• Osmodes adonia Evans, 1937
• Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
• Osmodes banghaasii Holland, 1896
• Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
• Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
• Osmodes hollandi Evans, 1937
• Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
• Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
• Parosmodes morantii morantii (Trimen, 1873)
• Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937
• Paracleros biguttulus (Mabille, 1890)
• Paracleros sangoanus (Carcasson, 1964)
• Paracleros substrigata (Holland, 1893)
• Acleros mackenii instabilis Mabille, 1890
• Acleros neavei Evans, 1937
• Acleros nigrapex Strand, 1913
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
• Hypoleucis ophiusa ophir Evans, 1937
• Meza cybeutes (Holland, 1894)
• Meza larea (Neave, 1910)
• Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
• Paronymus xanthias kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
• Andronymus bjornstadi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
• Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
• Andronymus gander Evans, 1947
• Andronymus hero Evans, 1937
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
• Chondrolepis obscurior de Jong, 1986 (endemic)
• Chondrolepis uluguru Larsen & Congdon, 2012
• Chondrolepis similis de Jong, 1986 (endemic)
• Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
• Chondrolepis uluguru T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
• Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937
• Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
• Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
• Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
• Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896
• Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925
• Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
• Artitropa usambarae Congdon, Kielland, & Collins, 1998 (endemic)
• Gretna balenge (Holland, 1891)
• Gretna carmen carmen Evans, 1937
• Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937
• Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
• Pteroteinon capronnieri (Plötz, 1879)
• Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
• Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
• Leona leonora leonora (Plötz, 1879)
• Leona leonora dux Evans, 1937
• Leona halma Evans, 1937
• Leona luehderi laura Evans, 1937
• Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896
• Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
• Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896
• Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
• Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
• Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
• Monza punctata punctata (Aurivillius, 1910)
• Monza punctata crola Evans, 1937
• Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)
• Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
• Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
• Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
• Platylesches fosta Evans, 1937
• Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
• Platylesches langa Evans, 1937
• Platylesches larseni Kielland, 1992 (endemic)
• Platylesches panga Evans, 1937
• Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
• Platylesches rasta Evans, 1937
• Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910

Baorini

• Brusa saxicola (Neave, 1910)
• Zenonia anax Evans, 1937
• Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
• Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925)
• Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
• Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
• Borbo sirena (Evans, 1937)

Heteropterinae

• Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
• Metisella carsoni (Butler, 1898)
• Metisella congdoni de Jong & Kielland, 1983 (endemic)
• Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896)
• Metisella formosus linda Evans, 1937
• Metisella formosus nyanza Evans, 1937
• Metisella kambove (Neave, 1910)
• Metisella medea medea Evans, 1937
• Metisella medea nyika Evans, 1937
• Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)
• Metisella perexcellens marunga Evans, 1937
• Metisella perexcellens sitebi Kielland, 1982
• Metisella quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
• Metisella trisignatus tanga Evans, 1937
• Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
• Tsitana wallacei (Neave, 1910)
• Lepella lepeletier (Latreille, 1824)

See also

• List of moths of Tanzania
• Wildlife of Tanzania

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/Tanzania?oid=29 Tanzania at the African Butterfly Database
2. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies . 2012-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121205209/http://www.atbutterflies.com/tanzania.htm . 2008-11-21 . dead .