# List of butterflies of Eswatini

This is a list of butterflies of Eswatini. About 312 species are known from Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), none of which are endemic.

## Papilionidae
### Papilioninae
#### Papilionini

* Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
* Papilio dardanus cenea Stoll, 1790
* Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868
* Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
* Papilio ophidicephalus ayresi van Son, 1939

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
* Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
* Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
* Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
* Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
* Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763)

### Pierinae

* Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
* Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis celimene amina (Hewitson, 1866)
* Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
* Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
* Colotis vesta argillaceus (Butler, 1877)
* Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833)
* Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823
* Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
* Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
* Nepheronia argia variegata Henning, 1994
* Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
* Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959

#### Pierini

* Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
* Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
* Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
* Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879)
* Dixeia charina (Boisduval, 1836)
* Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
* Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
* Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
* Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
* Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)

## Lycaenidae
### Miletinae
#### Miletini

* Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857)

### Poritiinae
#### Liptenini

* Alaena amazoula amazoula (Boisduval, 1847)
* Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976
* Pentila tropicalis (Boisduval, 1847)
* Baliochila aslanga (Trimen, 1873)
* Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898)
* Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954

#### Epitolini

* Durbania amakosa ayresi van Son, 1941
* Deloneura millari Trimen, 1906

### Aphnaeinae

* Chloroselas mazoensis (Trimen, 1898)
* Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
* Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
* Chrysoritis aethon (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
* Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
* Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
* Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
* Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857)
* Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides damarensis mashona Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870)
* Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
* Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968
* Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

### Theclinae

* Myrina dermaptera (Wallengren, 1857)
* Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Hemiolaus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
* Leptomyrina gorgias (Stoll, 1790)
* Leptomyrina henningi Dickson, 1976
* Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
* Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
* Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
* Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
* Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
* Stugeta bowkeri tearei Dickson, 1980
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
* Deudorix penningtoni van Son, 1949
* Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948
* Capys alphaeus extentus Quickelberge, 1979
* Capys disjunctus Trimen, 1895

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
* Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893)
* Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
* Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
* Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
* Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936

#### Polyommatini

* Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
* Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Harpendyreus noquasa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
* Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
* Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Tarucus bowkeri transvaalensis Quickelberge, 1972
* Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
* Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
* Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
* Euchrysops dolorosa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Orachrysops lacrimosa (Bethune-Baker, 1923)
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops ignota (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops irvingi (Swanepoel, 1948)
* Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)
* Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965

## Nymphalidae
### Libytheinae

* Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

### Danainae
#### Danaini

* Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
* Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
* Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875
* Amauris echeria (Stoll, 1790)
* Amauris ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Paralethe dendrophilus junodi (van Son, 1935)
* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Satyrini

* Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
* Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
* Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
* Coenyra hebe (Trimen, 1862)
* Physcaeneura panda (Boisduval, 1847)
* Neita neita (Wallengren, 1875)
* Cassionympha cassius (Godart, 1824)
* Pseudonympha poetula Trimen, 1891
* Stygionympha wichgrafi van Son, 1955
* Dingana angusta Henning & Henning, 1996

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1777)
* Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
* Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
* Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
* Charaxes druceanus moerens Jordan, 1936
* Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes xiphares draconis Jordan, 1936
* Charaxes cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
* Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
* Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
* Charaxes ethalion (Boisduval, 1847)
* Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
* Charaxes vansoni van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

#### Euxanthini

* Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)

### Nymphalinae
#### Nymphalini

* Vanessa hippomene (Hübner, [1823])
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
* Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
* Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
* Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
* Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
* Precis tugela Trimen, 1879
* Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
* Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
* Eurytela hiarbas angustata Aurivillius, 1894

#### Epicaliini

* Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
* Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
* Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)

### Limenitinae
#### Limenitidini

* Cymothoe alcimeda marieps Rydon, 1994
* Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
* Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
* Pseudacraea lucretia tarquinea (Trimen, 1868)

#### Neptidini

* Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis saclava marpessa Hopffer, 1855

#### Adoliadini

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea boopis Wichgraf, 1914
* Acraea horta (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996
* Acraea satis Ward, 1871
* Acraea nohara Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea violarum Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea aglaonice Westwood, 1881
* Acraea axina Westwood, 1881
* Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
* Acraea aganice Hewitson, 1852
* Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea burni Butler, 1896
* Acraea anacreon Trimen, 1868
* Pardopsis punctatissima (Boisduval, 1833)

#### Vagrantini

* Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
* Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
* Coeliades lorenzo Evans, 1947
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Celaenorrhinus mokeezi separata (Strand, 1911)
* Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
* Eretis umbra (Trimen, 1862)
* Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
* Sarangesa seineri durbana Evans, 1937

#### Tagiadini

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
* Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857
* Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
* Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
* Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
* Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
* Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
* Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Spialia confusa Evans, 1937
* Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
* Spialia depauperata australis de Jong, 1978
* Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
* Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
* Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
* Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
* Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
* Kedestes macomo (Trimen, 1862)
* Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
* Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
* Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
* Acleros mackenii (Trimen, 1868)
* Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
* Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)
* Artitropa erinnys (Trimen, 1862)
* Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
* Platylesches ayresii (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
* Platylesches neba (Hewitson, 1877)
* Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910

#### Baorini

* Zenonia zeno (Trimen, 1864)
* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
* Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
* Borbo detecta (Trimen, 1893)
* Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
* Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
* Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
* Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937
* Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870)