# List of butterflies of Benin

This is a list of butterflies of Benin. About 470 species are known from Benin, none of which are endemic.

## Papilionidae
### Papilioninae

14 species

#### Papilionini

* Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
* Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
* Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
* Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
* Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)

## Pieridae

43 species

### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
* Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

* Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
* Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
* Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
* Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965

#### Pierini

* Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
* Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)
* Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
* Dixeia capricornus (Ward, 1871)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
* Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
* Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)
* Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)

## Lycaenidae

127 species

### Miletinae
#### Miletini

* Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996

### Poritiinae
#### Liptenini

* Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
* Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874
* Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
* Liptena septistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
* Tetrarhanis symplocus Clench, 1965
* Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
* Citrinophila similis (Kirby, 1887)

### Aphnaeinae

* Lipaphnaeus leonina ivoirensis Stempffer, 1966
* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
* Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903

### Theclinae

* Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Dapidodigma demeter (Clench, 1961)
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Pilodeudorix catalla (Karsch, 1895)
* Paradeudorix eleala viridis (Stempffer, 1964)
* Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966
* Deudorix odana Druce, 1887

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
* Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
* Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
* Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
* Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

#### Polyommatini

* Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops quassi (Karsh, 1895)
* Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

## Nymphalidae

177 species

### Libytheinae

* Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

### Danainae
#### Danaini

* Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
* Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
* Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
* Amauris crawshayi camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925
* Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)
* Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)

### Satyrinae
#### Elymniini

* Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

#### Melanitini

* Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Satyrini

* Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
* Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
* Bicyclus ignobilis (Butler, 1870)
* Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
* Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
* Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
* Bicyclus xeneas occidentalis Condamin, 1965
* Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978
* Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
* Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)
* Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
* Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874
* Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970
* Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
* Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
* Charaxes plantroui Minig, 1975
* Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
* Charaxes nichetes leopardinus Plantrou, 1974

#### Euxanthini

* Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)

#### Pallini

* Palla violinitens (Crowley, 1890)

### 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 terea (Drury, 1773)
* Junonia westermanni Westwood, 1870
* Junonia cymodoce (Cramer, 1777)
* Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
* Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847)
* Precis ceryne ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 190
* Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
* Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
* Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
* Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, 1779)
* Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
* Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])

#### Epicaliini

* Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

### Limenitinae
#### Limenitidini

* Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
* Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])

#### Neptidini

* Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
* Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis troundi Pierre-Baltus, 1978

#### Adoliadini

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
* Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Euphaedra medon (Linnaeus, 1763)
* Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871)
* Euphaedra themis (Hübner, 1807)
* Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871)
* Euphaedra ceres ceres (Fabricius, 1775)
* Euphaedra ceres lutescens Hecq, 1979
* Euphaedra phaethusa (Butler, 1866)
* Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
* Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
* Euptera elabontas (Hewitson, 1871)

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
* Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
* Acraea translucida Eltringham, 1912

#### Vagrantini

* Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae

109 species

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
* Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
* Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
* Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
* Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
* Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)

#### Baorini

* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)