List of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo explained

This is a list of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo. About 892 species are known from the Republic of the Congo,^[1] 20 of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782
• Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
• Papilio sosia pulchra Berger, 1950
• Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
• Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896
• Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
• Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904
• Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879
• Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881
• Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843

Leptocercini

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984)
• Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892)
• Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium illyris hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
• Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
• Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913)
• Graphium almansor escherichi (Gaede, 1915)
• Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876)
• Graphium fulleri fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883)
• Graphium fulleri boulleti (Le Cerf, 1912)
• Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)
• Graphium hachei hachei (Dewitz, 1881)
• Graphium hachei moebii (Suffert, 1904)
• Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896)
• Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)
• Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899)

Pieridae

Pseudopontiinae

• Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)

Coliadinae

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

Pierinae

• Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Nepheronia thalassina verulanus (Ward, 1871)
• Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
• Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952
• Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
• Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)

Pierini

• Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
• Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898)
• Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)
• Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
• Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris alcuana Grünberg, 1910
• Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris continua maxima Berger, 1981
• Mylothris flaviana interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981
• Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
• Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879)
• Dixeia cebron (Ward, 1871)
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso dentigera Butler, 1888
• Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981
• Belenois theuszi (Dewitz, 1889)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

• Euliphyra mirifica Holland, 1890
• Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
• Aslauga confusa Libert, 1994
• Aslauga kallimoides Schultze, 1912
• Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Aslauga pandora Druce, 1913
• Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890
• Aslauga vininga (Hewitson, 1875)

Miletini

• Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
• Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
• Lachnocnema triangularis Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
• Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
• Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892
• Lachnocnema nigrocellularis Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910
• Lachnocnema jolyana Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895
• Lachnocnema albimacula Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890
• Lachnocnema congoensis Libert, 1996 (endemic)

Poritiinae

Liptenini

• Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pentila bitje Druce, 1910
• Pentila christina Suffert, 1904
• Pentila cloetensi aspasia Grünberg, 1910
• Pentila fallax Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910
• Pentila nero (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) (endemic)
• Pentila pauli leopardina Schultze, 1923
• Pentila rotha Hewitson, 1873
• Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
• Pentila torrida (Kirby, 1887)
• Pentila umangiana prodita Schultze, 1923
• Liptenara hiendlmayri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Telipna aurivillii Rebel, 1914
• Telipna albofasciata Aurivillius, 1910
• Telipna ja Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Telipna cameroonensis Jackson, 1969
• Telipna cuypersi Libert, 2005
• Telipna atrinervis Hulstaert, 1924
• Telipna villiersi Stempffer, 1965
• Telipna acraeoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
• Telipna hollandi exsuperia Hulstaert, 1924
• Telipna citrimaculata Schultze, 1916
• Telipna transverstigma Druce, 1910
• Telipna sanguinea (Plötz, 1880)
• Telipna nyanza katangae Stempffer, 1961
• Telipna ruspinoides Schultze, 1923
• Ornipholidotos kirbyi (Aurivillius. 1895)
• Ornipholidotos ugandae goodi Libert, 2000
• Ornipholidotos bitjeensis Stempffer, 1957
• Ornipholidotos gabonensis Stempffer, 1947
• Ornipholidotos bakotae Stempffer, 1962
• Ornipholidotos etoumbi Stempffer, 1967
• Ornipholidotos katangae kelle Stempffer, 1967
• Ornipholidotos annae Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos amieti Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos dowsetti Collins & Larsen, 2000 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos overlaeti fontainei Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos congoensis Stempffer, 1964
• Ornipholidotos likouala Stempffer, 1969 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos jacksoni occidentalis Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos sylpha (Kirby, 1890)
• Ornipholidotos nbeti Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos henrii Libert, 2000
• Ornipholidotos tirza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Ornipholidotos nancy Collins & Larsen, 2000 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos paradoxa (Druce, 1910)
• Ornipholidotos perfragilis (Holland, 1890)
• Torbenia aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1967)
• Torbenia stempfferi cuypersi Libert, 2005
• Mimacraea abriana Libert & Collins, 2000
• Mimacraea apicalis gabonica Libert, 2000
• Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
• Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
• Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
• Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895
• Mimeresia cellularis (Kirby, 1890)
• Mimeresia debora debora (Kirby, 1890)
• Mimeresia debora deborula (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Mimeresia drucei (Stempffer, 1954)
• Mimeresia moreelsi tessmanni (Grünberg, 1910)
• Mimeresia pseudocellularis Stempffer, 1968 (endemic)
• Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)
• Liptena amabilis Schultze, 1923
• Liptena batesana Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Liptena congoana Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena decipiens etoumbi Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena decipiens leucostola (Holland, 1890)
• Liptena durbania Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Liptena fatima (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena flavicans praeusta Schultze, 1917
• Liptena inframacula Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena nigromarginata Stempffer, 1961
• Liptena ochrea Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena opaca centralis Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena orubrum (Holland, 1890)
• Liptena ouesso ouesso Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena ouesso mayombe Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena perobscura Druce, 1910
• Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923
• Liptena turbata (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena undularis Hewitson, 1866
• Liptena xanthostola (Holland, 1890)
• Obania tullia (Staudinger, 1892)
• Kakumia ferruginea (Schultze, 1923)
• Kakumia ideoides (Dewitz, 1887)
• Tetrarhanis ilala etoumbi (Stempffer, 1964)
• Tetrarhanis ilma (Hewitson, 1873)
• Tetrarhanis nubifera (Druce, 1910)
• Tetrarhanis okwangwo Larsen, 1998
• Tetrarhanis rougeoti (Stempffer, 1954)
• Tetrarhanis simplex (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Tetrarhanis souanke (Stempffer, 1962) (endemic)
• Tetrarhanis stempfferi (Berger, 1954)
• Falcuna hollandi nigricans Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Falcuna lybia (Staudinger, 1892)
• Falcuna margarita (Suffert, 1904)
• Falcuna synesia gabonensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Larinopoda lircaea (Hewitson, 1866)
• Larinopoda tera (Hewitson, 1873)
• Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson, 1874)
• Micropentila alberta (Staudinger, 1892)
• Micropentila bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic)
• Micropentila brunnea centralis Bennett, 1966
• Micropentila cingulum Druce, 1910
• Micropentila flavopunctata Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila fulvula Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Micropentila gabunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila kelleana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic)
• Micropentila ogojae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila souanke Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic)
• Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina likouala Stempffer, 1962 (endemic)
• Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
• Eresiomera campbelli Collins & Larsen, 1998
• Eresiomera clenchi (Stempffer, 1961)
• Eresiomera isca (Hewitson, 1873)
• Eresiomera magnimacula (Rebel, 1914)
• Eresiomera nancy Collins & Larsen, 1998
• Eresiomera osheba (Holland, 1890)
• Eresiomera ouesso (Stempffer, 1962)
• Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917)
• Eresiomera phaeochiton (Grünberg, 1910)
• Eresiomera phillipi Collins & Larsen, 1998
• Eresiomera rougeoti (Stempffer, 1961)
• Eresiomera rutilo (Druce, 1910)
• Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866)
• Citrinophila tenera (Kirby, 1887)
• Citrinophila terias Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Citrinophila unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Argyrocheila undifera Staudinger, 1892

Epitolini

• Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
• Toxochitona sankuru Stempffer, 1961
• Iridana exquisita (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
• Epitola uranioides uranoides Libert, 1999
• Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cerautola crowleyi leucographa Libert, 1999
• Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
• Cerautola hewitsoni (Mabille, 1877)
• Cerautola hewitsonioides (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Geritola amieti Libert, 1999
• Geritola dubia (Jackson, 1964)
• Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890)
• Geritola larae Collins & Libert, 1999
• Geritola mirifica (Jackson, 1964)
• Geritola nitidica Libert & Collins, 1999
• Stempfferia carcassoni Jackson, 1962
• Stempfferia alba (Jackson, 1962)
• Stempfferia annae Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia badura (Kirby, 1890)
• Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
• Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890)
• Stempfferia cinerea (Berger, 1981)
• Stempfferia coerulea (Jackson, 1962)
• Stempfferia congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Stempfferia flavoantennata (Roche, 1954)
• Stempfferia gordoni (Druce, 1903)
• Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Stempfferia iturina (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Stempfferia magnifica (Jackson, 1964)
• Stempfferia marginata (Kirby, 1887)
• Stempfferia michelae centralis Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia similis Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia sylviae Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia tumentia (Druce, 1910)
• Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cephetola catuna (Kirby, 1890)
• Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cephetola ghesquierei (Roche, 1954)
• Cephetola maculata (Hawker-Smith, 1926)
• Cephetola nigeriae (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola ouesso (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937)
• Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935)
• Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Batelusia zebra Druce, 1910
• Pseudoneaveia jacksoni Stempffer, 1964 (endemic)
• Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962
• Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
• Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
• Epitolina collinsi Libert, 2000
• Epitolina larseni Libert, 2000
• Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890)
• Hypophytala henleyi (Kirby, 1890)
• Hypophytala hyetta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Hypophytala reducta (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Hypophytala ultramarina Libert & Collins, 1999
• Phytala elais Westwood, 1851
• Neoepitola barombiensis (Kirby, 1890)
• Aethiopana honorius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Hewitsonia bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Hewitsonia beryllina Schultze, 1916
• Hewitsonia boisduvalii (Hewitson, 1869)
• Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1879
• Hewitsonia similis (Aurivillius, 1891)
• Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908

Aphnaeinae

• Pseudaletis michelae Libert, 2007
• Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
• Pseudaletis batesi Druce, 1910
• Lipaphnaeus leonina (Druce, 1910)
• Cigaritis apuleia (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Cigaritis dufranei (Bouyer, 1991)
• Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890
• Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880
• Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis Clench, 1963
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

• Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
• Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Oxylides gloveri Hawker-Smith, 1929
• Syrmoptera bonifacei Stempffer, 1961
• Syrmoptera melanomitra Karsch, 1895
• Dapidodigma demeter Clench, 1961
• Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
• Hypolycaena clenchi Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
• Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
• Hypolycaena kakumi Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
• Hypolycaena naara Hewitson, 1873
• Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Iolaus bolissus Hewitson, 1873
• Iolaus agnes Aurivillius, 1898
• Iolaus aurivillii Röber, 1900
• Iolaus bellina exquisita (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus coelestis Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Iolaus creta Hewitson, 1878
• Iolaus cytaeis Hewitson, 1875
• Iolaus fontainei (Stempffer, 1956)
• Iolaus frater (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Iolaus hemicyanus barnsi (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Iolaus kelle Stempffer, 1967 (endemic)
• Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
• Iolaus neavei (Druce, 1910)
• Iolaus nolaensis (Stempffer, 1951)
• Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895
• Iolaus sappirus (Druce, 1902)
• Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
• Iolaus parasilanus (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
• Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
• Iolaus poecilaon (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus caesareus cleopatrae Collins & Larsen, 2000
• Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
• Pilodeudorix mimeta (Karsch, 1895)
• Pilodeudorix ula (Karsch, 1895)
• Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)
• Pilodeudorix anetia (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Pilodeudorix angelita (Suffert, 1904)
• Pilodeudorix aruma (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pilodeudorix azurea (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix infuscata (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix leonina indentata Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix mera (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pilodeudorix otraeda genuba (Hewitson, 1875)
• Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
• Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Pilodeudorix kohli (Aurivillius, 1921)
• Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
• Pilodeudorix hugoi Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix deritas (Hewitson, 1874)
• Pilodeudorix kiellandi (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Paradeudorix cobaltina (Stempffer, 1964)
• Paradeudorix ituri (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Paradeudorix marginata (Stempffer, 1962)
• Paradeudorix moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Paradeudorix petersi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
• Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
• Hypomyrina fournierae Gabriel, 1939
• Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
• Deudorix kayonza Stempffer, 1956
• Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
• Deudorix odana Druce, 1887

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene lachares (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
• Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene mahota (Grose-Smith, 1887)
• Anthene makala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962
• Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
• Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1893)
• Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)
• Anthene lamprocles (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
• Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene likouala Stempffer, 1962
• Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene lacides (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910
• Cupidesthes caerulea Jackson, 1966
• Cupidesthes cuprifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Cupidesthes mimetica (Druce, 1910)
• Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895
• Cupidesthes thyrsis (Kirby, 1878)

Polyommatini

• Cupidopsis cissus extensa Libert, 2003
• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
• Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)
• Phlyaria cyara (Hewitson, 1876)
• Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
• Tuxentius carana (Hewitson, 1876)
• Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
• Thermoniphas alberici (Dufrane, 1945)
• Thermoniphas fontainei Stempffer, 1956
• Thermoniphas fumosa Stempffer, 1952
• Thermoniphas plurilimbata Karsch, 1895
• Thermoniphas togara (Plötz, 1880)
• Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
• Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)

Riodinidae

Nemeobiinae

• Abisara tantalus caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
• Abisara caeca semicaeca Riley, 1932
• Abisara rutherfordii herwigii Dewitz, 1887
• Abisara gerontes gabunica Riley, 1932

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
• Amauris vashti (Butler, 1869)

Satyrinae

Elymniini

• Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

Melanitini

• Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
• Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)

Satyrini

• Bicyclus alboplaga (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus ephorus bergeri Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus evadne elionias (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus hewitsoni (Doumet, 1861)
• Bicyclus iccius (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bicyclus ignobilis eurini Condamin & Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus italus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
• Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)
• Bicyclus nobilis (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus martius sanaos (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus sciathis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus sweadneri Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus technatis (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus trilophus (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus xeneas (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
• Hallelesis asochis congoensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Heteropsis peitho (Plötz, 1880)
• Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
• Ypthima impura Elwes & Edwards, 1893
• Ypthima pulchra Overlaet, 1954
• Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891)
• Charaxes protoclea protonothodes van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes cynthia kinduana Le Cerf, 1923
• Charaxes lucretius intermedius van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes druceanus brazza Turlin, 1987
• Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes richelmanni Röber, 1936
• Charaxes numenes aequatorialis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
• Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes mixtus Rothschild, 1894
• Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
• Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis Butler, 1866
• Charaxes smaragdalis leopoldi Ghesquiére, 1933
• Charaxes imperialis dargei Collins, 1989
• Charaxes ameliae Doumet, 1861
• Charaxes pythodoris occidens van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871
• Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873
• Charaxes superbus Schultze, 1909
• Charaxes lydiae Holland, 1917
• Charaxes acraeoides Druce, 1908
• Charaxes fournierae Le Moult, 1930
• Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
• Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes penricei dealbata van Someren, 1966
• Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Charaxes subornatus Schultze, 1916
• Charaxes anticlea proadusta van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes thysi Capronnier, 1889
• Charaxes hildebrandti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes etheocles ochracea van Someren & Jackson, 1957
• Charaxes cedreatis Hewitson, 1874
• Charaxes subrubidus van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes viola picta van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes pleione congoensis Plantrou, 1989
• Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871
• Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882
• Charaxes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883
• Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana Plantrou, 1978
• Charaxes zelica rougeoti Plantrou, 1978
• Charaxes porthos Grose-Smith, 1883
• Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899
• Charaxes mycerina nausicaa Staudinger, 1891
• Charaxes galleyanus Darge &, 1984 (endemic)
• Charaxes matakall Darge, 1985
• Charaxes teissieri Darge &, 1984 (endemic)

Euxanthini

• Charaxes crossleyi (Ward, 1871)
• Charaxes trajanus (Ward, 1871)

Pallini

• Palla publius centralis van Someren, 1975
• Palla ussheri dobelli (Hall, 1919)
• Palla decius (Cramer, 1777)
• Palla violinitens coniger (Butler, 1896)

Nymphalinae

• Kallimoides rumia jadyae (Fox, 1968)
• Vanessula milca buechneri Dewitz, 1887

Nymphalini

• Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
• Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Junonia gregorii Butler, 1896
• Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
• Junonia westermanni Westwood, 1870
• Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
• Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Protogoniomorpha temora (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
• Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
• Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
• Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
• Hypolimnas dinarcha (Hewitson, 1865)
• Hypolimnas mechowi (Dewitz, 1884)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)
• Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

• Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Mesoxantha ethosea ethoseoides Rebel, 1914
• Ariadne actisanes (Hewitson, 1875)
• Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
• Eurytela alinda Mabille, 1893

Epicaliini

• Sevenia amulia amulia (Cramer, 1777)
• Sevenia amulia benguelae (Chapman, 1872)
• Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
• Sevenia consors (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
• Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
• Sevenia pechueli sangbae (Hecq & Peeters, 1992)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Cymothoe altisidora (Hewitson, 1869)
• Cymothoe anitorgis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Cymothoe aramis aramis (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cymothoe aramis schoutedeni Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe arcuata Overlaet, 1945
• Cymothoe beckeri (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
• Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
• Cymothoe capella (Ward, 1871)
• Cymothoe caprina Aurivillius, 1897
• Cymothoe coccinata (Hewitson, 1874)
• Cymothoe distincta Overlaet, 1944
• Cymothoe confusa Aurivillius, 1887
• Cymothoe eris Aurivillius, 1896
• Cymothoe excelsa Neustetter, 1912
• Cymothoe fontainei debauchei Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe fumana balluca Fox & Howarth, 1968
• Cymothoe fumana villiersi Fox, 1968
• Cymothoe haynae diphyia Karsch, 1894
• Cymothoe heliada (Hewitson, 1874)
• Cymothoe herminia (Grose-Smith, 1887)
• Cymothoe hesiodotus Staudinger, 1890
• Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbita (Hewitson, 1866)
• Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbitina Aurivillius, 1897
• Cymothoe indamora (Hewitson, 1866)
• Cymothoe jodutta ciceronis (Ward, 1871)
• Cymothoe lucasii binotorum Darge, 1985
• Cymothoe lucasii minigorum Darge, 1985
• Cymothoe lurida hesione Weymer, 1907
• Cymothoe lurida tristis Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe oemilius (Doumet, 1859)
• Cymothoe orphnina suavis Schultze, 1913
• Cymothoe reinholdi (Plötz, 1880)
• Cymothoe sangaris (Godart, 1824)
• Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
• Pseudacraea clarkii Butler & Rothschild, 1892
• Pseudacraea dolomena (Hewitson, 1865)
• Pseudacraea rubrobasalis Aurivillius, 1903
• Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea kuenowii gottbergi Dewitz, 1884
• Pseudacraea lucretia protracta (Butler, 1874)
• Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)
• Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

Neptidini

• Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
• Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis continuata Holland, 1892
• Neptis jamesoni Godman & Salvin, 1890
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis lermanni Aurivillius, 1896
• Neptis liberti Pierre & Pierre-Baltus, 1998
• Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
• Neptis metanira Holland, 1892
• Neptis mixophyes Holland, 1892
• Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis nebrodes Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
• Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1895
• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis strigata Aurivillius, 1894
• Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912
• Neptis troundi Pierre-Baltus, 1978

Adoliadini

• Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Catuna oberthueri Karsch, 1894
• Euryphura athymoides Berger, 1981
• Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Euryphura plautilla (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euryphura porphyrion grassei Bernardi, 1965
• Euryphurana nobilis (Staudinger, 1891)
• Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
• Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909
• Cynandra opis bernardii Lagnel, 1967
• Euriphene splendida Collins & Larsen, 1997 (endemic)
• Euriphene abasa (Hewitson, 1866)
• Euriphene amicia (Hewitson, 1871)
• Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euriphene atropurpurea (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Euriphene atrovirens (Mabille, 1878)
• Euriphene barombina (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Euriphene gambiae gabonica Bernardi, 1966
• Euriphene glaucopis (Gaede, 1916)
• Euriphene grosesmithi (Staudinger, 1891)
• Euriphene incerta (Aurivillius, 1912)
• Euriphene karschi (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Euriphene milnei (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euriphene mundula (Grünberg, 1910)
• Euriphene pinkieana Bernardi, 1975
• Euriphene lysandra (Stoll, 1790)
• Euriphene melanops (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Bebearia tentyris seeldrayersi (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
• Bebearia absolon (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia micans (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Bebearia zonara (Butler, 1871)
• Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Bebearia oxione squalida (Talbot, 1928)
• Bebearia abesa (Hewitson, 1869)
• Bebearia partita (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Bebearia barce maculata (Aurivillius, 1912)
• Bebearia mardania (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia cocalioides Hecq, 1988
• Bebearia guineensis (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939)
• Bebearia paludicola Holmes, 2001
• Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia staudingeri (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bebearia plistonax (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bebearia elpinice (Hewitson, 1869)
• Bebearia congolensis (Capronnier, 1889)
• Bebearia phranza phranza (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bebearia phranza fuscara Hecq, 1989
• Bebearia laetitia (Plötz, 1880)
• Bebearia flaminia (Staudinger, 1891)
• Bebearia nivaria (Ward, 1871)
• Bebearia phantasia concolor Hecq, 1988
• Bebearia maledicta (Strand, 1912)
• Bebearia tessmanni kwiluensis Hecq, 1989
• Bebearia cutteri cognata (Grünberg, 1910)
• Bebearia eliensis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bebearia barombina (Staudinger, 1896)
• Bebearia octogramma (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
• Bebearia chloeropis (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Bebearia cinaethon (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bebearia intermedia (Bartel, 1905)
• Euphaedra lupercoides Rothschild, 1918
• Euphaedra medon celestis Hecq, 1986
• Euphaedra ombrophila Hecq, 1981 (endemic)
• Euphaedra clio Hecq, 1981
• Euphaedra zaddachii elephantina Staudinger, 1891
• Euphaedra mbamou Hecq, 1987
• Euphaedra hewitsoni Hecq, 1974
• Euphaedra lata Hecq, 1980
• Euphaedra hollandi Hecq, 1974
• Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
• Euphaedra imitans Holland, 1893
• Euphaedra aureola Kirby, 1889
• Euphaedra splendens Hecq, 1992
• Euphaedra campaspe (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Euphaedra congo Hecq, 1985
• Euphaedra adonina spectacularis Hecq, 1997
• Euphaedra piriformis Hecq, 1982
• Euphaedra ceres electra Hecq, 1983
• Euphaedra sarita (Sharpe, 1891)
• Euphaedra grilloti Hecq, 1983
• Euphaedra rezia (Hewitson, 1866)
• Euphaedra jacksoni Hecq, 1980
• Euphaedra demeter Hecq, 1983
• Euphaedra subprotea Hecq, 1986
• Euphaedra fascinata Hecq, 1984
• Euphaedra eleus (Drury, 1782)
• Euphaedra simplex Hecq, 1978
• Euphaedra asteria Hecq, 1993 (endemic)
• Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
• Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra losinga wardi (Druce, 1874)
• Euphaedra mambili Hecq, 2001
• Euptera choveti Amiet & Collins, 1998
• Euptera crowleyi centralis Libert, 1995
• Euptera elabontas (Hewitson, 1871)
• Euptera falsathyma Schultze, 1916
• Euptera mimetica Collins & Amiet, 1998
• Euptera mocquerysi Staudinger, 1893
• Euptera pluto (Ward, 1873)
• Pseudathyma callina (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Pseudathyma cyrili Chovet, 2002
• Pseudathyma martini Collins, 2002
• Pseudathyma michelae Libert, 2002
• Pseudathyma neptidina Karsch, 1894

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea admatha Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
• Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
• Acraea leucographa Ribbe, 1889
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea cepheus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea abdera Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873
• Acraea consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Acraea elongata (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
• Acraea epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea excisa (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Acraea vestalis stavelia (Suffert, 1904)
• Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea circeis (Drury, 1782)
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea oberthueri Butler, 1895
• Acraea peneleos pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900
• Acraea vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890
• Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea odzalae Collins, 1997 (endemic)

Vagrantini

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

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
• Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Drury, 1773)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)
• Celaenorrhinus aureus Collins & Larsen, 2005 (endemic)
• Celaenorrhinus beni Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Celaenorrhinus boadicea (Hewitson, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus chrysoglossa (Mabille, 1891)
• Celaenorrhinus homeyeri (Plötz, 1880)
• Celaenorrhinus illustris (Mabille, 1891)
• Celaenorrhinus illustroides Miller, 1971
• Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Celaenorrhinus ovalis Evans, 1937
• Celaenorrhinus rutilans (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa majorella (Mabille, 1891)
• Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879)

Tagiadini

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Eagris decastigma fuscosa (Holland, 1893)
• Eagris lucetia (Hewitson, 1875)
• Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927)
• Eagris tetrastigma (Mabille, 1891)
• Calleagris lacteus (Mabille, 1877)
• Calleagris landbecki (Druce, 1910)
• Procampta rara Holland, 1892
• Abantis contigua Evans, 1937
• Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896
• Abantis ja Druce, 1909
• Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)
• Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis Miller, 1971
• Abantis rubra Holland, 1920

Carcharodini

• Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
• Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
• Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
• Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra kalinzu Evans, 1949
• Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra rubescens Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra sara Evans, 1937
• Gyrogra subnotata (Holland, 1894)
• Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
• Teniorhinus watsoni Holland, 1892
• Ceratrichia argyrosticta (Plötz, 1879)
• Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910
• Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937
• Ceratrichia flava Hewitson, 1878
• Ceratrichia phocion camerona Miller, 1971
• Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909
• Pardaleodes bule Holland, 1896
• Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
• Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
• Pardaleodes sator pusiella Mabille, 1877
• Pardaleodes tibullus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pardaleodes xanthopeplus Holland, 1892
• Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
• Rhabdomantis galatia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Rhabdomantis sosia (Mabille, 1891)
• Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
• Osmodes banghaasii Holland, 1896
• Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
• Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
• Osmodes hollandi Evans, 1937
• Osmodes lux Holland, 1892
• Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
• Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
• Osphantes ogowena (Mabille, 1891)
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
• Hypoleucis ophiusa (Hewitson, 1866)
• Hypoleucis tripunctata truda Evans, 1937
• Meza cybeutes (Holland, 1894)
• Meza elba (Evans, 1937)
• Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
• Meza mabea (Holland, 1894)
• Paronymus xanthias (Mabille, 1891)
• Paronymus xanthioides (Holland, 1892)
• Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)
• Andronymus evander (Mabille, 1890)
• Andronymus gander Evans, 1947
• Andronymus helles Evans, 1937
• Andronymus hero Evans, 1937
• Andronymus marcus Usher, 1980
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
• Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
• Artitropa cama Evans, 1937
• Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)
• Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
• Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879)
• Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna lacida (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
• Gretna zaremba (Plötz, 1884)
• Pteroteinon caenira (Hewitson, 1867)
• Pteroteinon capronnieri (Plötz, 1879)
• Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
• Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
• Pteroteinon iricolor (Holland, 1890)
• Pteroteinon laterculus (Holland, 1890)
• Pteroteinon laufella (Hewitson, 1868)
• Pteroteinon pruna Evans, 1937
• Leona binoevatus (Mabille, 1891)
• Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
• Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
• Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896
• Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)
• Caenides benga (Holland, 1891)
• Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
• Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896
• Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
• Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
• Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
• Melphina malthina (Hewitson, 1876)
• Melphina statirides (Holland, 1896)
• Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)
• Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
• Fresna carlo Evans, 1937
• Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
• Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921

Baorini

• Borbo binga (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
• Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

See also

• List of moths of the Republic of the Congo
• Congolian forests
• Forest-savanna mosaic
• Albertine Rift montane forests
• List of ecoregions in the Republic of the Congo
• Geography of the Republic of the Congo

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 (in German)

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Congo?oid=16 The Republic of the Congo at the African Butterfly Database
2. Web site: Enedemic butterflies of the Republic of the Congo at Afrotropical Butterflies . 2012-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121202334/http://www.atbutterflies.com/congo.htm . 2008-11-21 . dead .