List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe
This is a partial list of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe. More than 60 species are known from São Tomé and Príncipe,[1] 19 of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
[edit]Papilioninae
[edit]Papilionini
[edit]- Papilio nerminae Koçak, 1983 (endemic)
- Papilio dardanus sulfurea Palisot de Beauvois, 1806
- Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798
Leptocercini
[edit]- Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
- Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
- Graphium leonidas leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
- Graphium leonidas santamarthae (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
- Graphium leonidas thomasius (Le Cerf, 1924)
- Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
Pieridae
[edit]Coliadinae
[edit]- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae
[edit]Pierini
[edit]- Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)
- Mylothris nubila (Möschler, 1884)
- Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
- Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972 (endemic)
Lycaenidae
[edit]Poritiinae
[edit]- Liptena evanescens (Kirby, 1887)
Theclinae
[edit]- Iolaus bellina maris (Riley, 1928)
- Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
- Deudorix chalybeata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
- Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
Polyommatinae
[edit]- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Nymphalidae
[edit]Libytheinae
[edit]- Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851
Danainae
[edit]Danaini
[edit]- Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
Satyrinae
[edit]Melanitini
[edit]- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
[edit]- Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964
- Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)
Charaxinae
[edit]Charaxini
[edit]- Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
- Charaxes thomasius Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)
- Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
- Charaxes odysseus Staudinger, 1892 (endemic)
- Charaxes antiquus Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
- Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
- Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)
Nymphalinae
[edit]Nymphalini
[edit]- Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
- Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
- Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764
- Hypolimnas anthedon Doubleday, 1845
- Hypolimnas salmacis thomensis Aurivillius, 1910
Cyrestinae
[edit]Cyrestini
[edit]- Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)
Biblidinae
[edit]Epicaliini
[edit]- Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)
Limenitinae
[edit]Limenitidini
[edit]- Pseudacraea lucretia gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927
Neptidini
[edit]- Neptis eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
- Neptis larseni Wojtusiak & Pyrcz, 1997 (endemic)
Heliconiinae
[edit]Acraeini
[edit]- Acraea annobona d'Abrera, 1980
- Acraea medea (Cramer, 1775) (endemic)
- Acraea niobe Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
- Acraea alcinoe racaji (Pyrcz, 1991)
- Acraea insularis Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
- Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
- Acraea newtoni Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
Hesperiidae
[edit]Coeliadinae
[edit]- Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
- Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
Hesperiinae
[edit]Aeromachini
[edit]- Andronymus neander thomasi Riley, 1928
Baorini
[edit]- Borbo fatuellus thomea (Evans, 1937)
- Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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)
- Luis F. Mendes & Bivar de Sousa, New account on the butterflies (Lepidoptera:Rhopalocera) of São Tomé e Príncipe, Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 51 (31/12/2012): 157‒186.