List of butterflies of Eritrea

Location of Eritrea

This is a list of butterflies of Eritrea. About 13 species are known from Eritrea,^[1] one of which is endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865
Papilio dardanus figinii Storace, 1962

Pieridae

Coliadinae

Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
Colias electo meneliki Berger, 1940
Colias marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884

Pierinae

Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)

Pierini

Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
Belenois creona boguensis (Felder & Felder, 1865)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Miletini

Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

Amauris echeria abessinica Schmidt, 1921
Amauris ochleides Staudinger, 1896

Satyrinae

Satyrini

Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982

References

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates

List of butterflies of Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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