# List of butterflies of Lesotho

This is a list of butterflies of Lesotho. About 93 species are known from Lesotho, one of which, Torynesis pringlei, is endemic.

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

* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

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

### Pierinae

* Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)

#### Pierini

* Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)

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

* Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857)

### Aphnaeinae

* Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864)
* Chrysoritis turneri amatola (Dickson & McMaster, 1967)
* Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953)
* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857)
* Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides pierus (Cramer, 1779)
* Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983
* Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870)
* Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
* Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968
* Aloeides dentatis maseruna (Riley, 1938)
* Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976
* Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968

### Theclinae

* Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
* Leptomyrina lara (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
* Lycaena clarki Clark & Dickson, 1971

#### Polyommatini

* Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
* Harpendyreus tsomo (Trimen, 1868)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Eicochrysops messapus messapus (Godart, 1824)
* Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
* Orachrysops nasutus remus Henning & Henning, 1994
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops lerothodi (Trimen, 1904)
* Lepidochrysops letsea (Trimen, 1870)
* Lepidochrysops loewensteini (Swanepoel, 1951)
* Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
* Lepidochrysops ortygia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965

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

* Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)

#### Satyrini

* Neita lotenia (van Son, 1949)
* Pseudonympha magoides van Son, 1955
* Pseudonympha varii van Son, 1955
* Pseudonympha gaika Riley, 1938
* Pseudonympha paludis Riley, 1938
* Pseudonympha penningtoni Riley, 1938
* Pseudonympha machacha Riley, 1938
* Paternympha narycia (Wallengren, 1857)
* Stygionympha vigilans (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Stygionympha scotina Quickelberge, 1977
* Stygionympha wichgrafi williami Henning & Henning, 1996
* Serradinga bowkeri (Trimen, 1870)
* Torynesis pringlei Dickson, 1979

### Nymphalinae
#### Nymphalini

* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea horta (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
* Acraea anacreon Trimen, 1868

#### Vagrantini

* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

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

### Pyrginae
#### Carcharodini

* Spialia agylla (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
* Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
* Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
* Kedestes niveostriga (Trimen, 1864)

#### Baorini

* Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868)
* Metisella malgacha orina Vári, 1976
* Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868)
* Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870)