List of butterflies of Togo explained

This is a list of butterflies of Togo. About 414 species are known from Togo,^[1] none of which is endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782
• Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
• Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
• Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
• Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
• Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

Leptocercini

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
• Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
• Graphium almansor carchedonius (Karsch, 1895)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
• Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

• Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
• Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
• Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
• Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952
• Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
• Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)
• Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965

Pierini

• Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
• Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)
• Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
• Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris aburi Larsen & Collins, 2003
• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris jaopura Karsch, 1893
• Mylothris poppea (Cramer, 1777)
• Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
• Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
• Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)
• Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

• Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
• Aslauga ernesti (Karsch, 1895)
• Aslauga marginalis Kirby, 1890

Miletini

• Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
• Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
• Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
• Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890
• Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
• Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996

Poritiinae

Liptenini

• Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
• Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874
• Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874
• Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])
• Telipna semirufa (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
• Mimacraea maesseni Libert, 2000
• Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
• Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
• Liptena alluaudi Mabille, 1890
• Liptena pearmani Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena rochei Stempffer, 1951
• Liptena septistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Tetrarhanis symplocus Clench, 1965
• Larinopoda aspidos Druce, 1890
• Eresiomera bicolor (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
• Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866)
• Citrinophila marginalis Kirby, 1887

Epitolini

• Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
• Epitola uranioides occidentalis Libert, 1999
• Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
• Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)
• Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Stempfferia dorothea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Stempfferia kholifa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Stempfferia leonina (Staudinger, 1888)
• Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cephetola collinsi Libert & Larsen, 1999
• Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
• Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
• Epitolina catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890)
• Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Hypophytala ultramarina Libert & Collins, 1999
• Aethiopana honorius (Butler, 1901)
• Hewitsonia inexpectata (Bouyer, 1997)

Aphnaeinae

• Pseudaletis agrippina Druce, 1888
• Pseudaletis catori Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)
• Lipaphnaeus leonina ivoirensis Stempffer, 1966
• Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
• Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
• Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

Theclinae

• Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
• Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
• Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
• Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
• Hypolycaena kakumi Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
• Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, 1779)
• Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893
• Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
• Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
• Iolaus laon Hewitson, 1878
• Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
• Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
• Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
• Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
• Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
• Iolaus theodori Stempffer, 1970
• Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
• Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
• Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
• Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878)
• Pilodeudorix aucta (Karsch, 1895)
• Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
• Pilodeudorix catalla (Karsch, 1895)
• Paradeudorix eleala viridis (Stempffer, 1964)
• Paradeudorix moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
• Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
• Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
• Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
• Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
• Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)

Polyommatini

• Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
• Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
• Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
• Phlyaria cyara stactalla Karsch, 1895
• Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
• Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
• Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Thermoniphas micylus (Cramer, 1780)
• Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Oboronia ornata (Mabille, 1890)
• Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
• Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)
• Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
• Lepidochrysops quassi (Karsh, 1895)
• Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

• Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
• Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
• Amauris crawshayi camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925
• Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)

Satyrinae

Elymniini

• Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

Melanitini

• Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
• Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

• Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
• Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
• Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus italus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bicyclus maesseni Condamin, 1971
• Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
• Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
• Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
• Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus sangmelinae Condamin, 1963
• Bicyclus sylvicolus Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus xeneas occidentalis Condamin, 1965
• Heteropsis elisi (Karsch, 1893)
• Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
• Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
• 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 lucretius Cramer, [1775]
• Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
• Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
• Charaxes ameliae doumeti Henning, 1989
• Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970
• Charaxes eupale (Drury, 1782)
• Charaxes subornatus couilloudi Plantrou, 1976
• Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
• Charaxes etheocles (Cramer, 1777)
• Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
• Charaxes paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872)
• Charaxes lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 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 stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
• Junonia cymodoce (Cramer, 1777)
• Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847)
• Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
• Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
• Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

• Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
• Mesoxantha ethosea (Drury, 1782)
• Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, 1779)
• Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
• Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
• Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

Epicaliini

• Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
• Cymothoe coccinata (Hewitson, [1874]) ^[3]
• Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
• Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])
• Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)

Neptidini

• Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
• Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
• Neptis najo Karsch, 1893
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
• Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

Adoliadini

• Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
• Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Euryphura togoensis Suffert, 1904
• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
• Cynandra opis (Drury, 1773)
• Euriphene ampedusa (Hewitson, 1866)
• Euriphene aridatha transgressa Hecq, 1994
• Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euriphene ernestibaumanni (Karsch, 1895)
• Bebearia tentyris (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Bebearia oxione (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bebearia mardania (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia cocalia continentalis Hecq, 1988
• Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia phantasina (Staudinger, 1891)
• Bebearia demetra (Godart, 1824)
• Euphaedra medon (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra diffusa albocoerulea Hecq, 1976
• Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871)
• Euphaedra themis (Hübner, 1807)
• Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871)
• Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)
• Euphaedra phaethusa (Butler, 1866)
• Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
• Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
• Euphaedra eupalus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Euptera crowleyi (Kirby, 1889)
• Euptera pluto occidentalis Chovet, 1998
• Euptera zowa Fox, 1965
• Pseudathyma falcata Jackson, 1969

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea eugenia Karsch, 1893
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899
• Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
• Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873
• Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865
• Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
• Acraea umbra (Drury, 1782)
• Acraea vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
• Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
• Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea peneleos Ward, 1871
• Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871
• Acraea orina Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea translucida Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847

Vagrantini

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

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Drury, 1773)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Katreus johnstoni (Butler, 1888)
• Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Celaenorrhinus proxima maesseni Berger, 1976
• Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
• Eretis plistonicus (Plötz, 1879)
• Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa majorella (Mabille, 1891)
• Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879)

Tagiadini

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Eagris denuba (Plötz, 1879)
• Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890)
• Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892)
• Procampta rara Holland, 1892
• Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
• Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892

Carcharodini

• Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977
• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
• Astictopterus anomoeus (Plötz, 1879)
• Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra pali Evans, 1937
• Ceratrichia nothus enantia (Karsch, 1893)
• Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
• Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
• Pardaleodes sator (Westwood, 1852)
• Pardaleodes tibullus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
• Osmodes laronia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
• Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891
• Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
• Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
• Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)
• Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
• Zophopetes ganda Evans, 1937
• Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)
• Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879)
• Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey & Miller, 1965
• Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
• Pteroteinon laufella (Hewitson, 1868)
• Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
• Leona stoehri (Karsch, 1893)
• Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
• Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
• Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
• Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
• Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
• Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

Baorini

• Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
• Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
• Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

See also

• Wildlife of Togo
• List of moths of Togo

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
• Metamorphosis - Official Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Togo?oid=12 Togo at the African Butterfly Database
2. http://atbutterflies.com/togo.htm Afrotropical Butterflies
3. https://metamorphosis.org.za/, Metamorphosis - Official Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa