List of butterflies of the Comoros explained

This is a list of butterflies of the Comoro Islands. About 88 species are known from the Comoros,^[1] 19 of which are endemic.^[2]

This is a list of butterfly species which have been recorded on the Comoros and on Mayotte, which is geographically part of the Comoro Islands.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897 (endemic)
• Papilio dardanus humbloti Oberthür, 1888
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudi Turlin & Guilbot, 1990
• Papilio epiphorbas praedicta Turlin & Guilbot, 1990

Leptocercini

• Graphium evombar viossati Collins, 1997
• Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
• Graphium levassori (Oberthür, 1886) (endemic)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eurema desjardinsii (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eurema floricola anjuana (Butler, 1879)
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

• Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis evanthe (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896)

Pierini

• Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
• Appias sabina comorensis Talbot, 1943
• Mylothris humbloti (Oberthür, 1888) (endemic)
• Mylothris ngaziya (Oberthür, 1888) (endemic)
• Belenois creona elisa (van Vollenhoven, 1869)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Theclini

• Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

• Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
• Leptotes casca (Tite, 1958) (endemic)
• Leptotes mayottensis (Tite, 1958) (endemic)
• Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
• Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
• Azanus sitalces mayotti d'Abrera, 1980
• Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1995 (endemic)
• Eicochrysops sanguigutta (Mabille, 1879)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
• Amauris comorana Oberthür, 1897 (endemic)
• Amauris nossima (Ward, 1870)
• Amauris ochlea affinis Aurivillius, 1911
• Amauris ochlea moya Turlin, 1994

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

• Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
• Heteropsis comorana comorana (Oberthür, 1916) (endemic)
• Heteropsis comorana subrufa (Turlin, 1994) (endemic)
• Heteropsis narcissus fraterna (Butler, 1868)
• Heteropsis narcissus comorensis (Oberthür, 1916)
• Heteropsis narcissus salimi (Turlin, 1994)
• Heteropsis narcissus mayottensis (Oberthür, 1916)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes saperanus Poulton, 1926 (endemic)
• Charaxes castor comoranus Rothschild, 1903
• Charaxes paradoxa Lathy, 1925 (endemic)
• Charaxes nicati Canu, 1991 (endemic)
• Charaxes viossati Canu, 1991 (endemic)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
• Salamis humbloti Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
• Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Vanessa dimorphica comoroica (Howarth, 1966)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eurytela dryope lineata Aurivillius, 1899

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Pseudacraea imerina anjouana Collins, 1991
• Pseudacraea lucretia comorana Oberthür, 1890
• Pseudacraea lucretia karthalae Collins, 1991

Neptidini

• Neptis comorarum comorarum Oberthür, 1890 (endemic)
• Neptis comorarum legrandi Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
• Neptis cormilloti Turlin, 1994 (endemic)
• Neptis mayottensis Oberthür, 1890 (endemic)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea dammii van Vollenhoven, 1869
• Acraea igati Boisduval, 1833
• Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, 1833
• Acraea lia Mabille, 1879
• Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
• Acraea masaris masaris Oberthür, 1893 (endemic)
• Acraea masaris jodina Pierre, 1992 (endemic)
• Acraea comor Pierre, 1992 (endemic)

Vagrantini

• Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades ramanatek comorana Evans, 1937

Pyrginae

Tagiadini

• Tagiades insularis grandis Evans, 1937
• Tagiades insularis mayotta Evans, 1937
• Tagiades samborana rana Evans, 1937
• Eagris sabadius comorana Evans, 1937
• Eagris sabadius isabella Turlin, 1995

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Artitropa erinnys comorarum Oberthür, 1916

Baorini

• Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
• Borbo fatuellus dolens (Mabille, 1898)
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)

See also

• List of moths of the Comoros
• Wildlife of the Comoros

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Comoros?oid=42 The Comoros at the African Butterfly Database
2. http://atbutterflies.com/comoros.htm Endemic butterflies of the Comoros at Afrotropical Butterflies