This is a list of butterflies of Nigeria. About 1,319 species are known from Nigeria,Nigeria at the African Butterfly Database 50 of which are endemic.Endemic butterflies of Nigeria at Afrotropical Butterflies
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782 Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843 Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983 Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793 Papilio cyproeofila cyproeofila Butler, 1868 Papilio cyproeofila praecyola Suffert, 1904 Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776 Papilio demodocus Esper, Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879 Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843 Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773 Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896 Papilio phorcas phorcas Cramer, 1775 Papilio plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898 Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864 Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
Leptocercini Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842) Graphium almansor escherichi (Gaede, 1915) Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932) Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984) Graphium illyris hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881) Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904) Graphium policenes policenes (Cramer, 1775) Graphium policenes telloi Hecq, 1999 Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889) Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843) Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899) Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)
Pieridae
Pseudopontiinae Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)
Coliadinae Colias electo manengoubensis Darge, 1968 Eurema brigitta (Stoll, ) Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898) Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886) Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882) Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876) Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
Pierinae Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775) Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836) Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829) Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829) Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865) Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829) Colotis elgonensis glauningi (Schultze, 1909) Colotis eris (Klug, 1829) Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836) Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829) Colotis ione (Godart, 1819) Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829) Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819) Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829) Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852) Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847) Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, ) Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777) Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873) Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965 Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775) Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836) Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836) Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836) Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
Pierini Appias epaphia (Cramer, ) Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847) Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, ) Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773) Belenois creona (Cramer, ) Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819) Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777) Belenois solilucis Butler, 1874 Belenois subeida (Felder & Felder, 1865) Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846) Belenois theuszi (Dewitz, 1889) Belenois zochalia connexiva (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) Dixeia capricornus (Ward, 1871) Dixeia cebron (Ward, 1871) Dixeia doxo (Godart, 1819) Dixeia orbona (Geyer, ) Mylothris aburi Larsen & Collins, 2003 Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888 Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775) Mylothris eximia Hecq, 2005 (endemic) Mylothris flaviana Grose-Smith, 1898 Mylothris hilara (Karsch, 1892) Mylothris jacksoni knutssoni Aurivillius, 1891 Mylothris jaopura Karsch, 1893 Mylothris knoopi Hecq, 2005 (endemic) Mylothris lucens Hecq, 2005 (endemic) Mylothris ochracea Aurivillius, 1895 Mylothris primulina Butler, 1897 (endemic) Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880) Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775) Mylothris rueppellii josi Larsen, 1986 Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904 Mylothris sjostedti Aurivillius, 1895 Mylothris sulphurea Aurivillius, 1895 Mylothris yulei bansoana Talbot, 1944
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Liphyrini Aslauga bella Bethune-Baker, 1913 Aslauga camerunica Stempffer, 1969 Aslauga ernesti (Karsch, 1895) Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914 Aslauga marginalis Kirby, 1890 Aslauga marshalli adamaoua Libert, 1994 Aslauga vininga (Hewitson, 1875) Euliphyra hewitsoni Aurivillius, 1899 Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874) Euliphyra mirifica Holland, 1890
Miletini Megalopalpus angulosus Grünberg, 1910 Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893 Megalopalpus simplex Röber, 1886 Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851) Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce, 1890 Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890 Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872) Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915 Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892 Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910 Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895 Lachnocnema albimacula Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890 Lachnocnema disrupta Talbot, 1935
Poritiinae
Liptenini Alaena exotica Collins & Larsen, 2005 (endemic) Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873) Pentila maculata (Kirby, 1887) Pentila camerunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893) Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887) Pentila hewitsoni limbata (Holland, 1893) Pentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (endemic) Pentila occidentalium Aurivillius, 1899 Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888 Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874 Pentila picena catori Bethune-Baker, 1906 Pentila picena cydaria (Grose-Smith, 1898) Pentila pseudorotha Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879 Pentila umangiana prodita Schultze, 1923 Telipna acraea acraea (Westwood, ) Telipna acraea fervida (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) Telipna rothi (Grose-Smith, 1898) (endemic) Telipna albofasciata Aurivillius, 1910 Telipna cameroonensis Jackson, 1969 Telipna rufilla (Grose-Smith, 1901) (endemic) Telipna sanguinea (Plötz, 1880) Telipna ruspinoides Schultze, 1923 Ornipholidotos kirbyi (Aurivillius. 1895) Ornipholidotos maesseni Libert, 2005 Ornipholidotos boormani Libert, 2005 (endemic) Ornipholidotos nigeriae Stempffer, 1964 Ornipholidotos onitshae Stempffer, 1962 Ornipholidotos nympha Libert, 2000 Torbenia larseni (Stempffer, 1969) Torbenia wojtusiaki Libert, 2000 Torbenia persimilis Libert, 2000 Mimacraea charmian Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889 Mimacraea darwinia Butler, 1872 Mimacraea apicalis Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889 Mimacraea maesseni Libert, 2000 Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895 Mimeresia cellularis (Kirby, 1890) Mimeresia debora debora (Kirby, 1890) Mimeresia debora catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904) Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890) Mimeresia drucei owerri Stempffer, 1961 Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866) Liptena albicans Cator, 1904 Liptena alluaudi Mabille, 1890 Liptena augusta Suffert, 1904 Liptena bassae Bethune-Baker, 1926 (endemic) Liptena bolivari Kheil, 1905 Liptena catalina (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887) Liptena decipiens (Kirby, 1890) Liptena despecta (Holland, 1890) Liptena eketi Bethune-Baker, 1926 Liptena eukrinaria Bethune-Baker, 1926 Liptena evanescens (Kirby, 1887) Liptena fatima (Kirby, 1890) Liptena ferrymani (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891) Liptena flavicans oniens Talbot, 1935 Liptena ilaro Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 (endemic) Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890) Liptena opaca (Kirby, 1890) Liptena orubrum (Holland, 1890) Liptena pearmani Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 Liptena priscilla Larsen, 1995 (endemic) Liptena rochei Stempffer, 1951 Liptena sauberi Schultze, 1912 Liptena septistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1903) Liptena similis (Kirby, 1890) Liptena simplicia Möschler, 1887 Liptena submacula Lathy, 1903 Liptena titei Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 Liptena xanthostola (Holland, 1890) Obania subvariegata (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) Obania tullia (Staudinger, 1892) Kakumia otlauga (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) Tetrarhanis nubifera (Druce, 1910) Tetrarhanis ogojae (Stempffer, 1961) Tetrarhanis okwangwo Larsen, 1998 Tetrarhanis onitshae (Stempffer, 1962) (endemic) Tetrarhanis simplex (Aurivillius, 1895) Tetrarhanis stempfferi (Berger, 1954) Tetrarhanis symplocus Clench, 1965 Falcuna campimus (Holland, 1890) Falcuna gitte Bennett, 1969 (endemic) Falcuna libyssa (Hewitson, 1866) Larinopoda aspidos Druce, 1890 Larinopoda lagyra (Hewitson, 1866) Larinopoda lircaea (Hewitson, 1866) Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson, 1874) Micropentila adelgunda (Staudinger, 1892) Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887) Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903 Micropentila flavopunctata Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 Micropentila fuscula (Grose-Smith, 1898) Micropentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 Micropentila ogojae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873) Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956 Eresina fusca (Cator, 1904) Eresina jacksoni Stempffer, 1961 Eresina maesseni Stempffer, 1956 Eresina pseudofusca Stempffer, 1961 Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956 Eresina saundersi Stempffer, 1956 Eresina schmitti Larsen, 2005 (endemic) Eresina theodori Stempffer, 1956 Eresiomera bicolor (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) Eresiomera cornesi (Stempffer, 1969) (endemic) Eresiomera isca isca (Hewitson, 1873) Eresiomera isca occidentalis Collins & Larsen, 1998 Eresiomera nigeriana (Stempffer, 1962) (endemic) Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866) Citrinophila marginalis Kirby, 1887 Citrinophila similis (Kirby, 1887) Citrinophila tenera (Kirby, 1887) Argyrocheila undifera Staudinger, 1892
Epitolini Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890) Iridana exquisita (Grose-Smith, 1898) Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891) Iridana nigeriana Stempffer, 1964 Iridana rougeoti Stempffer, 1964 Teratoneura isabellae Dudgeon, 1909 Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793) Epitola urania Kirby, 1887 Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873) Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890) Cerautola legeri Libert, 1999 (endemic) Cerautola miranda miranda (Staudinger, 1889) Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935) Cerautola semibrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916) Geritola daveyi (Roche, 1954) Geritola frankdaveyi Libert, 1999 (endemic) Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878) Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890) Geritola virginea (Bethune-Baker, 1904) Stempfferia annae Libert, 1999 Stempfferia boormani Libert, 1999 (endemic) Stempfferia carcina (Hewitson, 1873) Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873) Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890) Stempfferia congoana (Aurivillius, 1923) Stempfferia elissa (Grose-Smith, 1898) Stempfferia francisci Libert, 1999 (endemic) Stempfferia gordoni (Druce, 1903) Stempfferia ife Libert, 1999 (endemic) Stempfferia katherinae (Poulton, 1929) (endemic) Stempfferia kholifa (Bethune-Baker, 1904) Stempfferia marginata (Kirby, 1887) Stempfferia michelae michelae Libert, 1999 Stempfferia michelae centralis Libert, 1999 Stempfferia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1903) Stempfferia subtumescens Libert, 1999 (endemic) Stempfferia tumentia (Druce, 1910) Stempfferia uniformis (Kirby, 1887) (endemic) Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873) Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873) Cephetola collinsi Libert & Larsen, 1999 Cephetola mercedes (Suffert, 1904) Cephetola nigeriae (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola nigra (Bethune-Baker, 1903) Cephetola obscura (Hawker-Smith, 1933) Cephetola pinodes pinodes (Druce, 1890) Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937) Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954) Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904) Tumerepedes flava Bethune-Baker, 1913 (endemic) Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910 Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887) Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888) Epitolina collinsi Libert, 2000 Epitolina catori Bethune-Baker, 1904 Epitolina larseni Libert, 2000 Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890) Hypophytala henleyi (Kirby, 1890) Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)