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]
Location of Niger
Papilionidae
Papilionini
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Leptocercini
- Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
Pieridae
Coliadinae
- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
- Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae
- 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
- 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
Aphnaeinae
- Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
- Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
- Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
Theclinae
- Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
- Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
Lycaenesthini
- Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
Polyommatini
- 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
Danaini
- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Melanitini
- Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
Satyrini
- Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
Charaxini
- Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
- Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
- Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978
Nymphalini
- Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Adoliadini
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Acraeini
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Celaenorrhinini
- Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
Carcharodini
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Aeromachini
- Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)
See also
References
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