# List of butterflies of Burkina Faso

This is a list of butterflies of Burkina Faso. About 156 species are known from Burkina Faso, none of which are endemic.

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

* Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

* Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
* Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
* Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)

#### Pierini

* Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
* Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
* Dixeia doxo (Godart, 1819)
* Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837])
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
* Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
* Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
* Belenois subeida (Felder & Felder, 1865)

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

* Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996

### Aphnaeinae

* Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
* Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
* Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
* Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
* Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903

### Theclinae

* Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
* Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
* Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
* Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905
* Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
* Iolaus menas Druce, 1890
* Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
* Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
* Stugeta marmoreus (Butler, 1866)
* Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
* Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
* Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
* Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
* Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
* Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
* Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
* Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)

#### Polyommatini

* Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
* Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
* Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
* Tarucus kiki Larsen, 1976
* Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924
* Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
* Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
* Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001

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

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
* Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
* Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
* Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Satyrini

* Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
* Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
* Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
* Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978
* Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
* Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
* Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
* Charaxes northcotti Rothschild, 1899

### 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)
* Precis ceryne ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 190
* Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
* Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

#### Epicaliini

* Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

### Limenitinae
#### Neptidini

* Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868

#### Adoliadini

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Euphaedra laguerrei Hecq, 1979

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
* Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
* Acraea vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
* Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
* 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
#### Tagiadini

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
* Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
* Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
* Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

#### Baorini

* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
* Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)