# List of butterflies of Guinea-Bissau

This is a list of butterflies of Guinea-Bissau. About 154 species are known from Guinea-Bissau, none of which is endemic.

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

* Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

* Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
* Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)

#### Pierini

* Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
* Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
* Belenois hedyle ianthe (Doubleday, 1842)

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

* Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890
* Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890

### Poritiinae
#### Liptenini

* Liptena ferrymani bissau Collins & Larsen, 2003
* Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
* Eresina maesseni Stempffer, 1956

#### Epitolini

* Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)

### Aphnaeinae

* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

### Theclinae

* Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
* Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
* Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
* Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
* Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
* Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
* Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
* Paradeudorix eleala parallela (Collins & Larsen, 2000)
* Paradeudorix eleala cufadana (Mendes & De Sousa, 2003)
* Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
* Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
* Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

#### Polyommatini

* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
* Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
* Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)

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

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
* Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

#### Satyrini

* Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
* Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
* Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
* Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
* Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
* Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
* Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)
* Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874
* Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
* Charaxes viola Butler, 1866

### Nymphalinae
#### Nymphalini

* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793)
* Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
* Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
* Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
* Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
* Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894

### Limenitinae
#### Limenitidini

* Cymothoe mabillei Overlaet, 1944
* Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])

#### Neptidini

* Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
* Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
* Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
* Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
* Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
* Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

#### Adoliadini

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
* Euriphene ampedusa (Hewitson, 1866)
* Euriphene gambiae Feisthamel, 1850
* Bebearia cocalia (Fabricius, 1793)
* Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
* Bebearia sophus phreone (Feisthamel, 1850)
* Bebearia phantasina ultima Hecq, 1990
* Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
* Euphaedra hastiri Hecq, 1981
* Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
* Euphaedra inanum (Butler, 1873)
* Euphaedra villiersi Condamin, 1964
* Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
* Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
* Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865
* Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
* Acraea umbra carpenteri (Le Doux, 1937)
* Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

#### Vagrantini

* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Sarangesa brigida (Plötz, 1879)

#### Tagiadini

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Gorgyra subfacatus (Mabille, 1890)
* Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
* Xanthodisca rega (Mabille, 1890)
* Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
* Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
* Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
* Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
* Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
* Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)

#### Baorini

* Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)