# List of butterflies of Zimbabwe

This is a list of butterflies of Zimbabwe. About 527 species are known from Zimbabwe, 22 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]
* Papilio echerioides chirindanus van Son, 1956
* Papilio ophidicephalus chirinda van Son, 1939

#### Leptocercini

* Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
* Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
* Graphium junodi (Trimen, 1893)
* Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
* Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
* Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
* Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
* Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
* 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 danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
* Colotis euippe mediata Talbot, 1939
* Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
* Colotis evenina evenina (Wallengren, 1857)
* Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Colotis evenina sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884)
* Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
* Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
* Colotis vesta argillaceus (Butler, 1877)
* Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877)
* Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833)
* Colotis agoye (Wallengren, 1857)
* Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
* Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
* Nepheronia argia mhondana (Suffert, 1904)
* Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
* Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
* Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959
* Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959

#### Pierini

* Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888)
* Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
* Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
* Mylothris carcassoni van Son, 1948 (endemic)
* Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944
* Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879)
* Mylothris sagala umtaliana d'Abrera, 1980
* Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897
* Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943
* Dixeia leucophanes Vári, 1976
* Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
* Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
* Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
* Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
* Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)

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

* Aslauga atrophifurca Cottrell, 1981 (endemic)
* Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899

#### Miletini

* Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
* Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
* Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Lachnocnema brimoides Libert, 1996
* Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857)

### Poritiinae
#### Liptenini

* Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976
* Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877
* Pentila pauli obsoleta Hawker-Smith, 1933
* Pentila swynnertoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
* Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994
* Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
* Cooksonia neavei rhodesiae Pinhey, 1962
* Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898
* Mimacraea neokoton Druce, 1907 (endemic)
* Teriomima puellaris (Trimen, 1894)
* Baliochila barnesi Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
* Baliochila singularis Stempffer and Bennett, 1953
* Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898)

#### Epitolini

* Deloneura sheppardi Stevenson, 1934
* Deloneura subfusca Hawker-Smith, 1933

### Aphnaeinae

* Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916)
* Chloroselas argentea Riley, 1932 (endemic)
* Chloroselas mazoensis (Trimen, 1898)
* Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
* Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
* Cigaritis brunnea (Jackson, 1966)
* Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
* Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
* Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
* Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
* Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
* Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
* Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
* Zeritis sorhagenii (Dewitz, 1879)
* Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
* Axiocerses susanae Henning & Henning, 1996 (endemic)
* Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996
* Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
* Axiocerses punicea cruenta (Trimen, 1894)
* Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857)
* Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides damarensis mashona Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides molomo coalescens Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
* Aloeides plowesi Tite & Dickson, 1973 (endemic)
* Aloeides mullini Henning & Henning, 1996 (endemic)
* Aphnaeus erikssoni barnesi Stempffer, 1954
* Aphnaeus erikssoni mashunae Stempffer, 1954
* Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
* Aphnaeus marshalli Neave, 1910

### Theclinae

* Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
* Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
* Hypolycaena buxtoni Hewitson, 1874
* Hypolycaena lochmophila Tite, 1967
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Hypolycaena tearei Henning, 1981
* Hemiolaus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
* Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
* Leptomyrina henningi Dickson, 1976
* Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
* Iolaus australis Stevenson, 1937
* Iolaus bakeri (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus penningtoni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
* Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
* Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928)
* Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
* Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
* Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
* Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
* Iolaus poultoni (Riley, 1928)
* Stugeta bowkeri tearei Dickson, 1980
* Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
* Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
* Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887
* Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
* Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966
* Deudorix magda Gifford, 1963
* Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948
* Capys connexivus Butler, 1897
* Capys disjunctus Trimen, 1895

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene arnoldi (Jones, 1918)
* Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940 (endemic)
* Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
* Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
* Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene definita (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
* Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
* Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878)
* Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
* Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990
* Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
* Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
* Anthene rhodesiana Stempffer, 1962
* Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940
* Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
* Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
* Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

#### Polyommatini

* Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
* Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
* Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
* Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
* Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
* Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
* Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
* Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Harpendyreus notoba (Trimen, 1868)
* Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
* Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
* Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855)
* Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* 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 natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924
* Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
* Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
* Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
* Euchrysops dolorosa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
* Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
* Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Lepidochrysops barnesi Pennington, 1953 (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops chittyi Henning & Henning, 1994 (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops coxii (Pinhey, 1945) (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops glauca glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops glauca swinburnei Stevenson, 1939
* Lepidochrysops inyangae (Pinhey, 1945)
* Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
* Lepidochrysops letsea (Trimen, 1870)
* Lepidochrysops longifalces Tite, 1961
* Lepidochrysops mashuna (Trimen, 1894) (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
* Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
* Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)
* Lepidochrysops ruthica Pennington, 1953 (endemic)
* Lepidochrysops solwezii (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
* Lepidochrysops vansoni (Swanepoel, 1949)
* Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965
* Lepidochrysops violetta (Pinhey, 1945) (endemic)

## Nymphalidae
### Libytheinae

* Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

### Danainae
#### Danaini

* Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
* Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
* Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
* Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941
* Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890)
* Amauris ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gnophodes betsimena diversa (Butler, 1880)
* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
* Aphysoneura pigmentaria vumba Kielland, 1989

#### Satyrini

* Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895)
* Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
* Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
* Bicyclus condamini van Son, 1963 (endemic)
* Bicyclus cooksoni (Druce, 1905)
* Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952)
* Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
* Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
* Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
* Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
* Ypthima antennata van Son, 1955
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
* Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
* Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
* Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
* Ypthima rhodesiana Carcasson, 1961
* Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
* Mashuna mashuna (Trimen, 1895) (endemic)
* Coenyropsis bera (Hewitson, 1877)
* Coenyropsis natalii (Boisduval, 1847)
* Physcaeneura panda (Boisduval, 1847)
* Physcaeneura pione Godman, 1880
* Neita extensa (Butler, 1898)
* Pseudonympha cyclops van Son, 1955
* Pseudonympha arnoldi van Son, 1941 (endemic)
* Paternympha loxophthalma (Vári, 1971)
* Stygionympha wichgrafi lannini van Son, 1966

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
* Charaxes acuminatus vumba van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
* Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
* Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
* Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
* Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
* Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
* Charaxes pollux gazanus van Someren, 1967
* Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
* Charaxes druceanus stevensoni van Someren, 1963
* Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes xiphares vumbui van Son, 1936
* Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859
* Charaxes cithaeron joanae van Someren, 1964
* Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963
* Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
* Charaxes penricei Rothschild, 1900
* Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
* Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
* Charaxes jahlusa rex Henning, 1978
* Charaxes baumanni selousi Trimen, 1894
* Charaxes pseudophaeus van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes manica Trimen, 1894
* Charaxes fulgurata Aurivillius, 1899
* Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
* Charaxes vansoni van Someren, 1975
* Charaxes gallagheri van Son, 1962
* Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
* Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
* Charaxes nichetes leoninus Butler, 1895
* Charaxes zambeziensis Henning & Henning, 1994 (endemic)
* Charaxes alpinus van Someren & Jackson, 1957 (endemic)

#### Euxanthini

* Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)

### Apaturinae

* Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921

### Nymphalinae
#### Nymphalini

* Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
* Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
* Junonia touhilimasa Vuillot, 1892
* Salamis cacta eileenae Henning & Joannou, 1994
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
* Precis actia Distant, 1880
* Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
* Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
* Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
* Precis cuama (Hewitson, 1864)
* Precis octavia sesamus Trimen, 1883
* Precis tugela Trimen, 1879
* Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)

### Cyrestinae
#### Cyrestini

* Cyrestis camillus sublineata Lathy, 1901

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
* Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
* Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
* Eurytela hiarbas lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

#### Epicaliini

* Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
* Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
* Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
* Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

### Limenitinae
#### Limenitidini

* Cymothoe alcimeda rhodesiae Stevenson, 1934
* Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
* Cymothoe vumbui Bethune-Baker, 1926
* Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
* Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)

#### Neptidini

* Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis carcassoni Van Son, 1959
* Neptis goochii Trimen, 1879
* Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
* Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis penningtoni van Son, 1977
* Neptis saclava marpessa Hopffer, 1855
* Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
* Neptis swynnertoni Trimen, 1912
* Neptis trigonophora Butler, 1878

#### Adoliadini

* Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euryphura concordia (Hopffer, 1855)
* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
* Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855
* Bebearia orientis malawiensis Holmes, 2001
* Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
* Euphaedra neophron (Hopffer, 1855)

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea boopis Wichgraf, 1914
* Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
* Acraea horta (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Acraea insignis gorongozae van Son, 1963
* Acraea machequena Grose-Smith, 1887
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996
* Acraea satis Ward, 1871
* Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
* Acraea asema Hewitson, 1877
* Acraea atolmis Westwood, 1881
* Acraea egina areca Mabille, 1889
* Acraea nohara nohara Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea nohara halali Marshall, 1896
* Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
* Acraea pseudatolmis Eltringham, 1912 (endemic)
* Acraea violarum 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 aganice Hewitson, 1852
* Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
* Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
* Acraea encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
* Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
* Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
* Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
* Acraea burni Butler, 1896
* Acraea pentapolis epidica Oberthür, 1893
* Acraea anacreon Trimen, 1868
* Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
* Acraea induna Trimen, 1895
* Acraea parei (Henning & Henning, 1996)
* Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833
* Acraea igola Trimen & Bowker, 1889
* Acraea vumbui Stevenson, 1934 (endemic)
* Pardopsis punctatissima (Boisduval, 1833)

#### Argynnini

* Issoria smaragdifera (Butler, 1895)

#### Vagrantini

* Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
* Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
* Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
* Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
* Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Celaenorrhinus bettoni Butler, 1902
* Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata (Butler, 1888)
* Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
* Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
* Eretis umbra nox (Neave, 1910)
* Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894
* Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
* Sarangesa lucidella (Mabille, 1891)
* Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
* Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
* Sarangesa ruona Evans, 1937
* Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909

#### Tagiadini

* Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
* Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
* Calleagris jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
* Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857
* Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
* Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
* Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994
* Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
* Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
* Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889
* Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
* Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Spialia confusa Evans, 1937
* 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

* Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894)
* Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
* Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
* Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
* Kedestes lema linka Evans, 1956
* Kedestes macomo (Trimen, 1862)
* Kedestes marshalli Aurivillius, 1925 (endemic)
* Kedestes michaeli Gardiner & Hancock, 1982
* Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
* Kedestes monostichus Hancock & Gardiner, 1982
* Kedestes nerva paola Plötz, 1884
* Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
* Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
* Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
* Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Xanthodisca vibius (Hewitson, 1878)
* Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
* Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
* Acleros mackenii (Trimen, 1868)
* Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
* Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
* Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
* Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
* Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
* Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)
* Artitropa erinnys nyasae Riley, 1925
* Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
* Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
* Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
* Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
* Platylesches langa Evans, 1937
* Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
* Platylesches neba (Hewitson, 1877)
* Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
* Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910
* Platylesches shona Evans, 1937
* Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

#### Baorini

* Zenonia zeno (Trimen, 1864)
* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
* Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
* Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo detecta (Trimen, 1893)
* Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
* Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo ferruginea dondo Evans, 1956
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
* Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
* Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
* Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

### Heteropterinae

* Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
* Metisella aegipan inyanga Evans, 1956
* Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937
* Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
* Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870)