# List of butterflies of Botswana

This is a list of butterflies of Botswana. About 252 species are known from Botswana, 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]

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
* Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
* Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
* 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 celimene pholoe (Wallengren, 1860)
* Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
* Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis lais (Butler, 1876)
* Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
* Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
* Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877)
* Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833)
* Colotis agoye agoye (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis agoye bowkeri (Trimen, 1883)
* Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823
* Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
* Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
* Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia thalassina (Suffert, 1904)

#### Pierini

* Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
* Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
* Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
* Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)

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

* Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
* Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Thestor basutus capeneri Dickson, 1972

### Poritiinae
#### Liptenini

* Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976
* Baliochila singularis Stempffer and Bennett, 1953
* Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898)
* Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954

### Aphnaeinae

* Chloroselas mazoensis (Trimen, 1898)
* Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
* Trimenia wykehami (Dickson, 1969)
* Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
* Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
* Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
* Zeritis sorhagenii (Dewitz, 1879)
* Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
* Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
* Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891)
* Aloeides molomo krooni Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
* Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893)
* Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Tylopaedia sardonyx (Trimen, 1868)

### Theclinae

* Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Hemiolaus caeculus tsodiloensis (Pinhey, 1969)
* Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
* Leptomyrina henningi Dickson, 1976
* Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus penningtoni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
* Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
* Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
* Stugeta bowkeri tearei Dickson, 1980
* Stugeta subinfuscata Grünberg, 1910
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
* Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
* Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893)
* Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
* 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)
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Harpendyreus notoba (Trimen, 1868)
* Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
* Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855)
* Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Tarucus sybaris linearis (Aurivillius, 1924)
* Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860)
* Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
* Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
* Euchrysops dolorosa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops longifalces Tite, 1961
* Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)
* Lepidochrysops rossouwi Henning & Henning, 1994
* Lepidochrysops vansoni (Swanepoel, 1949)

## Nymphalidae
### Libytheinae

* Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

### Danainae
#### Danaini

* Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
* Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
* Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
* Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Satyrini

* Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
* Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
* Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
* Ypthima antennata (van Son, 1955)
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima granulosa (Butler, 1883)
* Ypthima impura paupera (Ungemach, 1932)
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
* Coenyropsis natalii (Boisduval, 1847)
* Physcaeneura panda (Boisduval, 1847)

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
* Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
* Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
* Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
* Charaxes jahlusa rex Henning, 1978
* Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
* Charaxes vansoni van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes brainei van Son, 1966
* Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
* Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

### Nymphalinae
#### Nymphalini

* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
* Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
* Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
* Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
* Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

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

#### Epicaliini

* Sevenia amulia intermedia (Carcasson, 1961)
* Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

### Limenitinae
#### Limenitidini

* Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
* Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)

#### Neptidini

* Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
* Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955

#### Adoliadini

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea barberi Trimen, 1881
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea trimeni Aurivillius, 1899
* Acraea acrita ambigua Trimen, 1891
* Acraea atolmis Westwood, 1881
* Acraea nohara Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea aglaonice Westwood, 1881
* Acraea atergatis Westwood, 1881
* Acraea axina Westwood, 1881
* Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
* Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
* Acraea stenobea Wallengren, 1860
* Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea burni Butler, 1896
* Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833

#### Vagrantini

* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

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

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Sarangesa lucidella (Mabille, 1891)
* Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
* Sarangesa seineri (Strand, 1909)

#### Tagiadini

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Calleagris jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
* Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857
* Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
* Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
* Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia agylla (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
* Spialia depauperata australis de Jong, 1978
* Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
* Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
* Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
* Spialia paula (Higgins, 1924)
* Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
* Kedestes lepenula (Wallengren, 1857)
* Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
* Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
* Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
* Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
* Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)
* Platylesches ayresii (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)

#### Baorini

* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
* Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
* Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
* Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
* Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
* Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)