# List of butterflies of Burundi

This is a list of butterflies of Burundi. About 150 species are known from Burundi, none of which are endemic.

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

* Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
* Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
* Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
* Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924
* Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908
* Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
* Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984)
* Graphium gudenusi (Rebel, 1911)
* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
* Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
* Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
* Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

### Pierinae

* Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)

#### Pierini

* Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
* Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896
* Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
* Mylothris polychroma Berger, 1981
* Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
* Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909
* Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
* Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952
* Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
* Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)

## Lycaenidae
### Miletinae
#### Liphyrini

* Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899
* Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

#### Miletini

* Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema riftensis Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915

### Poritiinae
#### Liptenini

* Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

### Theclinae

* Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
* Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
* Pilodeudorix zelomina (Rebel, 1914)
* Deudorix lorisona baronica Ungemach, 1932
* Capys catharus Riley, 1932

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
* Anthene hobleyi kigezi Stempffer, 1961
* Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)

#### Polyommatini

* Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909
* Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
* Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Harpendyreus major (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
* Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
* Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967
* Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
* Thermoniphas plurilimbata rutshurensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

## Riodinidae
### Nemeobiinae

* Abisara neavei Riley, 1932

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

* Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
* Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
* Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
* Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
* Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Gnophodes grogani Sharpe, 1901
* Aphysoneura scapulifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1922

#### Satyrini

* Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
* Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, 1896)
* Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
* Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
* Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
* Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
* Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
* Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
* Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
* Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
* Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
* Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
* Neocoenyra kivuensis Seydel, 1929

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
* Charaxes alticola Grünberg, 1911
* Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
* Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932
* Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
* Charaxes druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914
* Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Charaxes eudoxus lequeuxi Plantrou, 1982
* Charaxes eudoxus raffaellae Plantrou, 1982
* Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
* Charaxes xiphares burgessi van Son, 1953
* Charaxes montis Jackson, 1956
* Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909
* Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969
* Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
* Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991
* Charaxes crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)

### Nymphalinae

* Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)

#### Nymphalini

* Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
* Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
* Junonia natalica angolensis (Rothschild, 1918)
* Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
* Precis actia Distant, 1880
* Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
* Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909
* Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
* Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
* Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)

### Limenitinae
#### Neptidini

* Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
* Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955

#### Adoliadini

* Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
* Euriphene excelsior (Rebel, 1911)
* Euriphene saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
* Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
* Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
* Euphaedra phosphor Joicey & Talbot, 1921

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
* Acraea alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893)
* Acraea persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
* Acraea quadricolor latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892)
* Acraea alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
* Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
* Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
* Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
* Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
* Acraea rangatana bettiana Joicey & Talbot, 1921
* Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
* Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891

#### Argynnini

* Issoria baumanni baumanni (Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894)
* Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896)

#### Vagrantini

* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

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

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)

### Hesperiinae
#### Aeromachini

* Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
* Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
* Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

#### Baorini

* Brusa allardi Berger, 1967
* Zenonia crasta Evans, 1937

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)