List of butterflies of Lesotho

This is a list of butterflies of Lesotho. About 93 species are known from Lesotho,Lesotho at the African Butterfly Database one of which, Torynesis pringlei, is endemic.Afrotropical Butterflies

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini Papilio demodocus Esper, - citrus swallowtail

Pieridae

Coliadinae Eurema brigitta (Stoll, ) - small grass yellow Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) - common grass yellow Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) - African migrant Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763) - African clouded yellow

Pierinae Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819) - smoky orange tip Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857) - common orange tip

Pierini Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) - meadow white Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) - pioneer white

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Miletini Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857) - Basuto skolly

Aphnaeinae Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864) - burnished opal Chrysoritis turneri amatola (Dickson & McMaster, 1967) - Turner's opal Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953) - Machacha opal Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850) - Mozambique silverline Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857) - Aranda copper Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973 - Henning's copper Aloeides pierus (Cramer, 1779) - dull copper Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983 - Maluti copper Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973 - Trimen's copper Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870) - molomo copper Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857) - dusky copper Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968 - oreas copper Aloeides dentatis maseruna (Riley, 1938) - Roodeport copper Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976 - Riley's copper Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968 - Brauer's copper

Theclinae Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857) - tailed black-eye Leptomyrina lara (Linnaeus, 1764) - Cape black-eye

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881) - pale hairtail Lycaena clarki Clark & Dickson, 1971 - eastern sorrel copper

Polyommatini Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, ) - common meadow blue Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855) - tailed meadow blue Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) - pea blue Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782) - common bush blue Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804) - water blue Harpendyreus tsomo (Trimen, 1868) - Tsomo blue Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) - dark grass blue Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883) - rayed blue Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) - tiny grass blue Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868) - dwarf blue Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) - topaz-spotted blue Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857) - thorn-tree blue Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782) - bright babul blue Eicochrysops messapus messapus (Godart, 1824) - cupreous blue Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857) - cupreous blue Orachrysops nasutus remus Henning & Henning, 1994 - nosy blue Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, ) - grass jewel Lepidochrysops lerothodi (Trimen, 1904) - Lesotho blue Lepidochrysops letsea (Trimen, 1870) - Free State blue Lepidochrysops loewensteini (Swanepoel, 1951) - Loewenstein's blue Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni Swanepoel & Vári, 1983 - Oosthuizen's blue Lepidochrysops ortygia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) - koppie blue Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) - patrician blue Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965 - variable blue

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909) - African queen

Satyrinae

Melanitini Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764) - mountain pride

Satyrini Neita lotenia (van Son, 1949) - Loteni brown Pseudonympha magoides van Son, 1955 - false silver-bottom brown Pseudonympha varii van Son, 1955 - Vari's brown Pseudonympha gaika Riley, 1938 - Gaika brown Pseudonympha paludis Riley, 1938 - paludis brown Pseudonympha penningtoni Riley, 1938 - Pennington's brown Pseudonympha machacha Riley, 1938 - Machacha brown Paternympha narycia (Wallengren, 1857) - spotted-eye brown Stygionympha vigilans (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) - western hillside brown Stygionympha scotina Quickelberge, 1977 - eastern hillside brown Stygionympha wichgrafi williami Henning & Henning, 1996 - Wichgraf's brown Serradinga bowkeri (Trimen, 1870) - Bowker's widow Torynesis pringlei Dickson, 1979 - Pringle's widow

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) - painted lady Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870 - yellow pansy Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758) - dark blue pansy Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865 - eyed pansy Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) - Danaid eggfly

Biblidinae

Biblidini Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773) - spotted joker

Heliconiinae

Acraeini Acraea horta (Linnaeus, 1764) - garden acraea Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847 - wandering donkey acraea Acraea lygus Druce, 1875 - lygus acraea Acraea anacreon Trimen, 1868 - large orange acraea

Vagrantini Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) - common leopard

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae Coeliades forestan (Stoll, ) - striped policeman Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793) - two-pip policeman

Pyrginae

Carcharodini Spialia agylla (Trimen & Bowker, 1889) - grassveld sandman Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864) - star sandman Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863) - common sandman Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870) - Mafa sandman Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764) - mountain sandman

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873) - Barber's ranger Kedestes niveostriga (Trimen, 1864) - dark ranger

Baorini Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764) - plain Hottentot skipper

Heteropterinae Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868) - mountain sylph Metisella malgacha orina Vári, 1976 - grassveld sylph Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868) - bamboo sylph Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870) - dismal sylph

List of butterflies of Lesotho

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