# List of butterflies of Somaliland

This is a list of butterflies of Somaliland. About 131 species are known from Somaliland, five of which are endemic.

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

* Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865
* Papilio dardanus byatti Poulton, 1926
* Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
* Papilio microps Storace, 1952

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

### Pierinae

* Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis celimene praeclarus (Butler, 1886)
* Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865)
* Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
* Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
* Colotis euippe exole (Reiche, 1850)
* Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Colotis fausta mijurteina Carpenter, 1951
* Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939
* Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896)
* Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis phisadia somalica Storace, 1948
* Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886)
* Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829) – yellow splendour tip
* Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
* Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
* Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1850)
* Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
* Colotis agoye zephyrus (Marshall, 1897)
* Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
* Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
* Euchloe belemia abyssinica Riley, 1928
* Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)

#### Pierini

* Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
* Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
* Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois creona benadirensis (Storace, 1948)
* Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900
* Belenois thysa tricolor Talbot, 1943

## Lycaenidae
### Poritiinae
#### Liptenini

* Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890
* Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
* Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

### Aphnaeinae

* Chloroselas arabica (Riley, 1932)
* Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
* Chloroselas ogadenensis Jackson, 1966 (endemic)
* Cesa waggae (Sharpe, 1898) (endemic)
* Cigaritis acamas bellatrix (Butler, 1886)
* Cigaritis gilletti (Riley, 1925) (endemic)
* Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
* Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
* Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
* Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

### Theclinae

* Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
* Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
* Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
* Iolaus mimosae berbera (Bethune-Baker, 1924)
* Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870
* Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
* Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
* Stugeta bowkeri albeza (Koçak, 1996)
* Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
* Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
* Anthene crawshayi minuta (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
* Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
* Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
* Anthene otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902)
* Anthene pitmani somalina Stempffer, 1936

#### Polyommatini

* Tuxentius cretosus lactinatus (Butler, 1886)
* Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
* Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
* Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
* Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
* Euchrysops migiurtiniensis Stempffer, 1946 (endemic)
* Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
* Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
* Lepidochrysops fumosa (Butler, 1886)
* Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

## Nymphalidae
### Danainae
#### Danaini

* Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
* Tirumala formosa neumanni (Rothschild, 1902)
* Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888
* Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

### Satyrinae
#### Satyrini

* Lasiommata maderakal (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
* Ypthima jacksoni Kielland, 1982
* Ypthima simplicia Butler, 1876
* Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
* Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
* Neocoenyra rufilineata Butler, 1894 (endemic)
* Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes jasius pagenstecheri Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes hansali Felder, 1867
* Charaxes etesipe patrizii Storace, 1949
* Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

### Nymphalinae
#### Nymphalini

* Junonia terea fumata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
* Precis coelestina Dewitz, 1879
* Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)
* Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
* Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)

### Limenitinae
#### Adoliadini

* Bebearia orientis (Karsch, 1895)
* Euphaedra neophron ellenbecki Pagenstrecher, 1902

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
* Acraea doubledayi Guérin-Méneville, 1849
* Acraea mirabilis Butler, 1886
* Acraea miranda Riley, 1920
* Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

#### Tagiadini

* Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
* Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
* Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
* Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)