List of butterflies of Malawi

This is a list of butterflies of Malawi. About 488 species are known from Malawi,Malawi at the African Butterfly Database 16 of which are endemic.Afrotropical Butterflies

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845 Papilio desmondi usambaraensis (Koçak, 1980) Papilio thuraui thuraui Karsch, 1900 Papilio thuraui cyclopis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Papilio thuraui heathi (Hancock, 1984) Papilio thuraui occidua Storace, 1951 Papilio dardanus tibullus Kirby, 1880 Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871 Papilio phorcas nyikanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Papilio echerioides shirensis (Hancock, 1987) Papilio fuelleborni Karsch, 1900 Papilio jacksoni nyika Cottrell, 1963 Papilio pelodurus pelodurus Butler, 1896 Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Gifford, 1961 Papilio ophidicephalus niassicola Storace, 1955 Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984)

Leptocercini Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775) Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889) Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873) Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779) Graphium morania (Angas, 1849) Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886) Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium philonoe (Ward, 1873)

Pieridae

Coliadinae Eurema brigitta (Stoll, ) Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892) Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) Colias electo hecate Strecker, 1905 Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940 Colias mukana jolyi Verhulst, 2006

Pierinae Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857) Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883) Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852) Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857) Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897) Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819) Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871) Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884) Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855) Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863) Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877) Colotis subfasciatus ducissa (Dognin, 1891) Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, ) Nepheronia argia mhondana (Suffert, 1904) Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)

Pierini Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889) Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901) Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897) Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779) Mylothris crawshayi Butler, 1896 Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944 Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921 Mylothris sagala dentatus Butler, 1896 Mylothris similis Lathy, 1906 Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897 Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943 Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894 Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781) Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943 Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855) Belenois welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890 Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini Aslauga latifurca Cottrell, 1981 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

Poritiinae

Liptenini Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933 Alaena lamborni Gifford, 1965 Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877 Alaena ochracea Gifford, 1965 Alaena picata interrupta Hawker-Smith, 1933 Alaena reticulata Butler, 1896 Pentila carcassoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 Pentila pauli nyassana Aurivillius, 1899 Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994 Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866) Cooksonia aliciae Talbot, 1935 Mimacraea costleyi Druce, 1912 Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898 Teriomima puella Kirby, 1887 Teriomima puellaris (Trimen, 1894) Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953 Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887) Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953 Baliochila nyasae Stempffer & Bennett, 1953 Baliochila woodi (Riley, 1943) Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

Epitolini Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935 Deloneura subfusca Hawker-Smith, 1933

Aphnaeinae Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916) Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873) Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857) Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878) Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865) Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887) Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851) Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884) Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873) Cigaritis trimeni (Neave, 1910) Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884) Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857) Axiocerses nyika Quickelberge, 1984 Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses karinae Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses bamptoni Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881) Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889) Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973 Aloeides molomo handmani Tite & Dickson, 1973 Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius, 1909 Aphnaeus flavescens Stempffer, 1954 Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

Theclinae Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935 Hypolycaena auricostalis (Butler, 1897) Hypolycaena buxtoni Hewitson, 1874 Hypolycaena hatita japhusa Riley, 1921 Hypolycaena lochmophila Tite, 1967 Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888 Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857) Leptomyrina handmani Gifford, 1965 Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898 Iolaus bakeri (Riley, 1928) Iolaus congdoni (Kielland, 1985) Iolaus handmani (Gifford, 1965) Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959) Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928) Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864 Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928) Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875 Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896) Iolaus ndolae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885 Stugeta bowkeri nyasana Talbot, 1935 Pilodeudorix kafuensis (Neave, 1910) Pilodeudorix camerona katanga (Clench, 1965) Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901) Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903 Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877 Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887 Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887 Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869 Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963 Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966 Deudorix magda Gifford, 1963 Deudorix montana (Kielland, 1985) Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948 Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916 Capys catharus Riley, 1932 Capys connexivus Butler, 1897

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881) Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937) Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899) Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871) Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878) Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874) Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874) Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868) Anthene rubricinctus anadema (Druce, 1905) Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905) Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)

Polyommatini Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934) Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989 Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895 Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958 Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879) Uranothauma heritsia virgo (Butler, 1896) Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879) Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980 Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951 Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961 Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936 Harpendyreus hazelae Stempffer, 1973 Harpendyreus juno (Butler, 1897) Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855) Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907) Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855) Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864) Actizera stellata (Trimen, 1883) Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857) Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893) Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923 Euchrysops unigemmata (Butler, 1895) Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932) Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895 Lepidochrysops aethiopia (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops auratus Quickelberge, 1979 Lepidochrysops chalceus Quickelberge, 1979 Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops delicata (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951 Lepidochrysops dollmani (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) Lepidochrysops handmani Quickelberge, 1980 Lepidochrysops intermedia intermedia (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli Stempffer, 1954 Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997 Lepidochrysops longifalces Tite, 1961 Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922) Lepidochrysops neavei neavei (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops neavei nolani Williams, 2002 Lepidochrysops nyika Tite, 1961 Lepidochrysops pampolis (Druce, 1905) Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893) Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898) Lepidochrysops solwezii (Bethune-Baker, )

Riodinidae

Nemeobiinae Abisara delicata Lathy, 1901

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879

Danainae

Danaini Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909) Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847) Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879 Amauris tartarea damoclides Staudinger, 1896 Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940 Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897 Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890) Amauris echeria serica Talbot, 1940 Amauris echeria whytei Butler, 1894 Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920) Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847) Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896

Satyrinae

Melanitini Gnophodes betsimena diversa (Butler, 1880) Melanitis libya Distant, 1882 Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Le Cerf, 1919 Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923

Satyrini Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895) Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879) Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901) Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952) Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877) Bicyclus simulacris Kielland, 1990 Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965 Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873) Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877) Heteropsis ubenica (Thurau, 1903) Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982 Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883 Ypthima pupillaris obscurata Kielland, 1982 Neocoenyra bioculata bioculata Carcasson, 1964 Neocoenyra bioculata murphyi Collins, 1997 Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903 Neocoenyra kivuensis Seydel, 1929 Neocoenyra paralellopupillata (Karsch, 1897) Neocoenyra ypthimoides Butler, 1894 Coenyropsis bera (Hewitson, 1877) Physcaeneura pione Godman, 1880 Neita extensa (Butler, 1898)

Charaxinae

Charaxini Charaxes acuminatus acuminatus Thurau, 1903 Charaxes acuminatus mlanji van Someren, 1963 Charaxes acuminatus nyika van Someren, 1963 Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877) Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895 Charaxes saturnus Butler, 1866 Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895 Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885 Charaxes ansorgei levicki Poulton, 1933 Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes dowsetti Henning, 1989 Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859 Charaxes xiphares ludovici Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 Charaxes xiphares woodi van Someren, 1964 Charaxes cithaeron nyasae van Someren, 1964 Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963 Charaxes ameliae amelina Joicey & Talbot, 1925 Charaxes pythodoris ventersi Henning, 1982 Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894 Charaxes penricei Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867 Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864 Charaxes eupale veneris White & Grant, 1989 Charaxes dilutus dilutus Rothschild, 1898 Charaxes dilutus kasitu White & Grant, 1989 Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894 Charaxes nyikensis van Someren, 1975 Charaxes ethalion handmani Henning, 1982 Charaxes ethalion kitungulensis Strand, 1911 Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975 Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877 Charaxes fionae Henning, 1977 Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957 Charaxes martini martini van Someren, 1966 Charaxes martini helenae Henning, 1982 Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879) Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, ) Charaxes nichetes leoninus Butler, 1895

Euxanthini Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)

Apaturinae Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini