List of butterflies of Niger
This is a list of butterflies of Niger. About 54 species are known from Niger,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
[edit]Papilioninae
[edit]Papilionini
[edit]- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Leptocercini
[edit]- Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
Pieridae
[edit]Coliadinae
[edit]- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
- Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae
[edit]- Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
- Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis celimene angusi Rothschild, 1921
- Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
Pierini
[edit]- Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
- Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
- Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
Lycaenidae
[edit]Aphnaeinae
[edit]- Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
- Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
- Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
Theclinae
[edit]- Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
- Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
Polyommatinae
[edit]Lycaenesthini
[edit]- Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
Polyommatini
[edit]- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
- Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
- Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
- Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
Nymphalidae
[edit]Danainae
[edit]Danaini
[edit]- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Satyrinae
[edit]Melanitini
[edit]- Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
Satyrini
[edit]- Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
Charaxinae
[edit]Charaxini
[edit]- Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
- Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
- Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978
Nymphalinae
[edit]Nymphalini
[edit]- Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae
[edit]Adoliadini
[edit]- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconiinae
[edit]Acraeini
[edit]- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
Hesperiidae
[edit]Coeliadinae
[edit]- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae
[edit]Celaenorrhinini
[edit]- Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
Carcharodini
[edit]- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Hesperiinae
[edit]Aeromachini
[edit]- Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)