This is a list of butterflies of Zimbabwe. About 527 species are known from Zimbabwe,Zimbabwe at the African Butterfly Database 22 of which are endemic.Endemic butterflies of Zimbabwe at Afrotropical Butterflies
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845 Papilio dardanus cenea Stoll, 1790 Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871 Papilio demodocus Esper, 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, ) 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, ) 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, ) 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, ) Lepidochrysops barnesi Pennington, 1953 (endemic) Lepidochrysops chittyi Henning & Henning, 1994 (endemic) Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, ) 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, ) 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